Item Summary

Will of an Anglo-Saxon woman.

Descriptive Information

Title
[Will of Aethelgifu].
Call Number
45.2
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/5t34sk87c
Language
Old English
Date Created
990
Extent
1 leaf : parchment, 560 x 350 mm.
Provenance
Belonged to the Abbey of St. Albans in the 12th century; belonged to Sir Matthew Hale in the 17th century who probably received it from John Selden; acquired at Sotheby's, London, Dec. 10, 1969.
Source Acquisition
Gift; William H. Scheide, Class of 1936; 2015.
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Notes
Ms. document.
Title devised by cataloger.
Collation: Parchment.
Layout: 66 lines.
Origin: Written in England, probably at the Abbey of St. Albans, ca. 990.

Physical Characteristics

File Count
2

Institutional Information

Collection
Medieval and Renaissance Mediterranean Manuscripts
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/6c73166e-254c-4f3d-a176-8583c63ff9da/manifest