[D] King Edgar giving his New Minster charter (966) to Christ (c.970-1250)

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King Edgar of England (959-75) refounded the abbey of New Minster in Winchester in 966. This image is the frontispiece of a manuscript containing the refoundation charter and other texts praising Edgar’s actions, compiled between the second half of the tenth century and the first quarter of the thirteenth century.

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    The British Library, Cotton MS Vespasian A viii, f. 2v. © The British Library Board. Reproduced with permission.
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