London, British Library Additional 71687 Aldhelm, "De laudibus virginitatis" ("Yale Aldhelm Fragments;' bifolium) (with 92,172,330,372,395, 438a, 438b)

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173b. London, British Library Additional 71687

Aldhelm, "De laudibus virginitatis"

("Yale Aldhelm Fragments;' bifolium)

(with 92,172,330,372,395, 438a, 438b)

(Ker 12; Gneuss 146)

HISTORY: Part of the 9c Aldhelm "Yale" complex (see 330). Found as the limp vellum binding of a copy of Jacobus Bornitius, Emblemata ethico politica: Sylloge prima (Mainz, 1669; BL 637.d.23 [part l] in the Department of Printed Books). The Emblemata was owned by W Bayn tun of Gray's Inn during the 18c and was purchased by Lady Cayley, 1 July 1841. The transfer and acquisition of Add. 71687 is noted in the B.L. records for 1995 (British Library, unpublished Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts. New Series 1991-1995), available in British Library, Manuscripts Reading Room.