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Carta regis Eadgari — Hyde (Hida, formerly New Minster, Winchester), Hampshire. Benedictine abbey of Holy Trinity, St Mary the Virgin, and St Peter.


Provenance: Hyde (Hida, formerly New Minster, Winchester), Hampshire. Benedictine abbey of Holy Trinity, St Mary the Virgin, and St Peter.
Location: British Library, London
Shelfmark: Cotton Vespasian A.viii
Author/Title: Carta regis Eadgari
Type of evidence: c: evidence from locally specific contents, including obits, scribbles, etc.
Date: s. x (966)
Notes:

Written entirely in gold on fols. 3–43, preceded by an illuminated page – see E.G. Millar, Illum. MSS. X–XIII c., p. 71, and J.A. Herbert, Illum. MSS., pp. 124–25.