Aldhelm, De laude virginitatis
- Creator:
- Aldhelm, Saint, 640?-709
- Published/Created:
- Canterbury or Worcester
s. IX^^in [beginning of the 9th century] - Physical Description:
- ff. i + 26 + i : parchment ; 198 x 145 (138 x 110) mm.
- Notes:
- Binding: Olive paper case with "Middle Hill boards," bound by George Bretherton of Gloucester who worked for Sir Thomas Phillipps, 1848-51.
- Abstract:
- Written by two scribes. There are at present 38 leaves surviving from the original manuscript: 28 folios in the Beinecke Library (MSS 401 and 401A).
Manuscript on parchment of portions of Saint Aldhelm, De laude virginitatis, copied probably in Canterbury or Worcester. With glosses in Anglo-Saxon added between 950 and 1000, which may be of Kentish origin. - Topics:
- Christian literature, Latin (Medieval and modern)
English literature--Old English, ca. 450-1100
Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library - Language:
- English, Old (ca.450-1100)
Latin - Genre:
- Manuscripts
Marginalia - Format:
- Text
- Content Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Rights:
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
- Access Restrictions:
- Public
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 401
- Orbis Record:
- 9731548
- Yale Collection:
- Beinecke Library
- Digital Collection:
- General Collection, BRBL, Yale University
- oid pointer:
- 1062614
- Citation:
- Shailor, B. Catalogue of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, MS 401.
Aldhelm, De Laude Virginitatis. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. - Extent of digitization:
- Complete work digitized.
- OID:
- 2015174
- PID:
- digcoll:3388732
