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New Minster Charter
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The New Minster Charter is an Anglo-Saxon illuminated manuscript that was likely composed by Bishop Æthelwold and presented to the New Minster in Winchester by King Edgar in the year 966 AD to commemo
Frontispiece of the New Minster Charter. Edgar is flanked by the Virgin Mary and St Peter, and he is offering the charter to Christ, who sits enthroned above, surrounded by four angels.
Frontispiece of the New Minster Charter. Edgar is flanked by the Virgin Mary and St Peter, and he is offering the charter to Christ, who sits enthrone
Anglo-Saxon charters
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Anglo-Saxon charters are documents from the early medieval period in England which typically made a grant of land or recorded a privilege. The earliest surviving charters were drawn up in the 670s: th
Likely 11th-century copy of AD 854 Royal Charter issued by King Ethelwulf granting 20 hides of land to the monks of St. Peter at Winchester
Likely 11th-century copy of AD 854 Royal Charter issued by King Ethelwulf granting 20 hides of land to the monks of St. Peter at Winchester
The oldest surviving Anglo-Saxon charter, issued by King Hlothhere of Kent in 679
The oldest surviving Anglo-Saxon charter, issued by King Hlothhere of Kent in 679
Copy of a 968 charter of King Edgar preserved in a mid-13th-century cartulary from Wilton Abbey
Copy of a 968 charter of King Edgar preserved in a mid-13th-century cartulary from Wilton Abbey
Ismere Diploma, a 736 charter of king Æthelbald of Mercia
Ismere Diploma, a 736 charter of king Æthelbald of Mercia