London, British Library Additional 50483K Aldhelm, Prose "De laudibus virginitatis" ("Yale Aldhelm Fragments;' 1 leaf) (with 92, 173b, 330,372,395, 438a, 438b)

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172. London, British Library Additional 50483K

Aldhelm, Prose "De laudibus virginitatis"

("Yale Aldhelm Fragments;' 1 leaf)

(with 92, 173b, 330,372,395, 438a, 438b)

[Ker 12 & Supp.; Gneuss 587]

HISTORY: Part of the dispersed 9c "Yale" Aldhelm complex (see 330). Formerly used as the cover ofJohn Jones, Our Saviours Journey to the Gadarens (London: Nicholas Okes, 1615, printed book, BL C.123.a.29). Owned by Alfred Guy, 1885 (see Martin Breslauer, Catalogue 90 (1958), item 3, and H.P. Kraus, Catalogue 88 (1958), item 5). Transferred from the Department of Printed Books in 1960.