1. Add MS 71687
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 71687
- Title:
- Aldhelm of Sherborne, De virginitate (prose), with added glosses in Old English
- Scope & Content:
- This bifolium once belonged to one of the earliest known surviving copies of the prose version of the De virginitate (On Virginity), a treatise on virginity addressed to the nuns of the double monastery at Barking, written by Aldhelm (b. c. 639, d. 709), Abbot of Malmesbury Abbey and Bishop of S...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Old and Latin
- Date Range:
- 1st quarter of the 9th century
- Extent:
- 1 bifolium