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DIGITAL IMAGES OF ANGLO-SAXON CHARTERS

IN THE BRITISH LIBRARY

for experimental purposes only

May 2001

The files below are derived from the original high-quality .TIFF files (often c. 20 MB each) supplied by the British Library. The .TIFF images were first opened in Adobe Photoshop, cropped to remove colour scales etc., reduced in size to 1000 pixels width, and then saved in .jpg format (quality 3 medium).

Charters of the ninth century

• S 1438
  Council of Kingston, etc. (838-9), from Christ Church, Canterbury
  • MS 2: Cotton Augustus ii. 21, face (000K) first draft
  • MS 2: Cotton Augustus ii. 21, dorse (000K)
  • MS 1: Cotton Augustus ii. 20, face (000K) Kingston
  • MS 1: Cotton Augustus ii. 20, dorse (000K) + Wilton + æt Æstran
  • MS 3: Cotton Augustus ii. 37, face (140K) [Kingston] + Wilton
    • detail (left-hand side) (180K)
  • MS 3: Cotton Augustus ii. 37, dorse (104K) + æt Æstran
    • detail (right-hand side) (28K)
    • detail (vernacular endorsement) (40K)
• S 293
  King Æthelwulf for Æthelmod, minister (843), from Christ Church, Canterbury
  • Stowe Charter 17, face (200K)
    • detail (scribal memorandum for the witness-list) (140K)
    • detail (witnesses as entered on face of charter) (120K)
  • Stowe Charter 17, dorse

  Reign of King Edward the Elder (899-924)

• S 367
  King Edward for Ealdorman Æthelfrith (903), from Christ Church, Canterbury
  • Stowe Charter 22, face (248K)
  • Srowe Charter 22, dorse (260K)

Reign of King Æthelstan (924-39)

• S 416 + S 1533
  King Æthelstan for Wulfgar, minister (931), with the will of Wulfgar, from the Old Minster, Winchester
  • Cotton Charter viii.16 AB, face, with dorse of attached will (204K) Æthelstan A
  • Cotton Charter viii.16, dorse, with face of attached will (124K)
  • Cotton Charter viii.16, face, showing detail of witness-list (136K)
  • Cotton Charter viii.16 B, will of Wulfgar, face (192K)
  • Cotton Charter viii.16 B, will of Wulfgar, dorse (128K)
• S 425
  King Æthelstan for Ælfwald, minister (934), from Christ Church, Canterbury
  • Cotton Augustus ii. 65, face (144K) Æthelstan A
  • Cotton Augustus ii. 65, dorse (000K)

Reign of King Edgar (959-75)

• S 687
  King Edgar for Wulfric, minister (960), from Abingdon (ed. Kelly, no. 86)
  • Cotton Augustus ii. 40, face (168K) Edgar A
  • Cotton Augustus ii. 40, dorse (92K)
• S 690
  King Edgar for Abingdon Abbey (961), from Abingdon (ed. Kelly, no. 87)
  • Cotton Augustus ii. 39, face (208K) Edgar A + another scribe
  • Cotton Augustus ii. 39, dorse (100K)
• S 697
  King Edgar for Cenwulf (961), from the Old Minster, Winchester
  • Harley Ch. 43. C. 2, face (152K)
  • Harley Ch. 43. C. 2, dorse (104K)
• S 703
  King Edgar for Æthelflæd, matrona (962), from Bury St Edmunds
  • Harley Ch. 43. C. 3, face (192K) Edgar A
  • Harley Ch. 43. C. 3, dorse (116K)
• S 801
  King Edgar for Bishop Æthelwold (975), from the Old Minster, Winchester
  • Harley Ch. 43. C. 6, face (140K)
  • Harley Ch. 43. C. 6, dorse (84K)

Reign of King Æthelred the Unready (978-1016)

• S 876
  King Æthelred for Abingdon Abbey (993), from Abingdon (ed. Kelly, no. 124)
  • Cotton Augustus ii. 38, face (288K; width 1500 pixels)
    • detail (?autograph crosses in witness-list) (272K; full size)
  • Cotton Augustus ii. 38, dorse (104K; width 1000 pixels)
• S 1379
  Bishop Æscwig of Dorchester for Ælfstan (995), from <?>
  • Harley Ch. 43. C. 7, face (00K)
  • Harley Ch. 43. C. 7, dorse (00K)
• S 898
  King Æthelred for Clofig (1001), from Coventry
  • Cotton Augustus ii.22, face (128K)
  • Cotton Augustus ii.22, dorse (000K)

Later copies or forgeries

• S 111
  Offa, 'king of the whole country of the English', for Archbishop Jænberht (774), from Christ Church, Canterbury
  • Stowe Charter 4, face (172K)
  • Stowe Charter 4, dorse (000K)
• S 376
  King Edward the Elder for Bishop Frithestan (909), from the Old Minster, Winchester
  • Harley Ch. 43. C. 1, face (160K)
  • Harley Ch. 43. C. 1, dorse (92K)
• S 779
  King Edgar for Ely Abbey (970), from Ely
  • Stowe Charter 31, face (344K)
  • Stowe Charter 31, dorse (180K)

     

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27 May 2001