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Description: | Volumes of medieval manuscripts often contain not one work but several, which may or may not be related. This one has some extremely important documents and histories from Ely Abbey--for which it is most well-known--interspersed with satires of the wandering singing students called the Goliards, three much later paintings of the Passion of Christ and a 'Life of William, Duke of Normandy'.
This page has the beginning of the most important part of the manuscript, 'The Works of Bishop Aethelwold'. Bishop of Winchester from 963-984, Aethelwold refounded the abbey of Ely in 970 as part of his reform of religious communities. Written in Latin, this early 12th-century account of the refoundation is based on late 10th-century records which were written in Old English. It testifies to the larger scope of Aethelwold's efforts to improve religion and learning as well as to his program's effects on a local scale. In the lower margin, the 16th-century collector, Robert Cotton, has signed his name. | 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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