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Description: | St. Edith (961-984) was the daughter of the King of England, St. Edgar (943-975); she was therefore brought up at the royal nunnery at Wilton (in Wiltshire, between Newbury and Devizes), where she was taught not only to read, but also writing and illumination, sewing and embroidery. She died a virgin aged only 23. She was venerated mainly at Wilton, which suggests that this manuscript comes from there.
The text on this page begins in the middle of a verse about King Edgar. Edith's father: 'At Wilton in his own place / For Wilton was a good town . . .' (spelling modernised). | License: | http://www.bl.uk/services/copy/permission.html | Rights holder: | British Library | Source: | Collect Britain | Identifier: | http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personal... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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