London, British Library, Royal 6 B. vii Aldhelm, "De laudibus virginitatis"; relics list

Abstract

289. London, British Library, Royal 6 B. vii

Aldhelm, "De laudibus virginitatis"; relics list

[Ker 255, Gneuss 466]

HISTORY: A deluxe copy of "De laudibus virginitatis" "indisputably based on Canterbury models" (Gwara 2002:115*, 122*). Dated by Ker (Cat.) to s. xi2, by Gwara (see 1999 and 1997, but cf. 2002:113*) to ca. 1078; densely glossed in OE and Latin in the same hand as the text. Text is Gwara's RS, in Class III, Latin glosses possibly derived from an exemplar of Digby 146 [370] (Gwara 2002: 115*). Localized to Exeter by decorative features (Drage 1978: 372), script (Gwara 2002: 113*) and by the added list of relics given to Exeter by King Æðelstan (ff. 54v-55r). A name, 'Tho<mas> polk' (15c?), on the recto of the vellum fly before f. 1. Listed as no. 63 in the old Royal catalogue of 1542 (London, BL, Add. 25469, f. 24).