Aelred of Rievaulx, Vita Sancti Edwardi Regis et Confessoris
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These folios contain the Life of St Edward the Confessor by Aelred of Rievaulx (b. 1109, d. 1167). This manuscript includes a table of chapters and prefatory letters addressed to King Henry II of England (r. 1154-1189) and Laurence, abbot of Westminster (d. 1173). All these text are listed in Bi...
Old English translation of Boethius's De Consolatione Philosophiae
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This is the only surviving copy of the Old English prose and verse translation of Boethius's Consolation of Philosophy, with alternating sections in prose and verse. Parts of the text that are now damaged were recorded in Junius's notebook (Oxford, Bodleian Library, Junius 12). Both this manuscr...