Volume XXVI: The Liber Vitae of the New Minster and Hyde Abbey, Winchester

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Volume XXVI: The Liber Vitae of the New Minster and Hyde Abbey, Winchester

Written c. 1031 by the monk Ælsinus, the manuscript lists the brethren, monks etc. of the community of new Minster (later Hyde Abbey) and contains other texts of singular interest, including a copy of the will of King Alfred. Three pages of fine line drawings include the famous representation of King Cnut. The lists of names, kept up to date until the sixteenth century, afford an extraordinary insight, only appreciable in facsimile, into the changing nature of monastic community.

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