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• Author/Creator:Aldhelm, Saint, 640?-709.
  
• Title:De laude virginitatis.
  
• Published/Created:England, [between 800 and 815]
  
• Physical Description:ff. 2 : parchment ; 177 x 117 (145 x 100) mm.
  
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  • Location:BEINECKE (Non-Circulating)
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  • Call Number: Beinecke MS 401A
    
  • Status:Not Checked Out
    
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• Notes:For the script see MS 401; MS 401A was written by Scribe 2.
  Decorative T on f. 2r, black initial surrounded by red dots.
  In Latin and Anglo-Saxon.
  Belonged to Sir Thomas Phillipps (no. 20688). Acquired from H. P. Kraus in 1970 as the gift of Edwin J. Beinecke.
  Record created by Beinecke staff from catalog description by Barbara Shailor.
  
• Access and use:Restricted material. May not be seen without the permission of the appropriate curator.
• Summary:Manuscript fragment on parchment bifolium. Conjugate leaves originally from the same manuscript as Beinecke MS 401. Stitching holes in center of bifolium; outer margins trimmed with some loss of text.
  
• Format:Archives or Manuscripts
• References:Shailor, B. Catalogue of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, MS 401A.
  
• Cite as:Aldhelm, De Laude Virginitatis. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
  
• Subjects:Aldhelm, Saint, 640?-709.
  Christian literature, Latin (Medieval and modern).
  English literature--Old English, ca. 450-1100.
  Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven.
  
• Subjects (Local Yale):Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library.
  Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library.
  
• Genre/Form:Manuscripts, Medieval--England--9th century.