New Minster Charter

Portrait of the Virgin Mary, Edgar and St Peter
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.[1]

The New Minster Charter is an Anglo-Saxon illuminated manuscript that was likely composed by Bishop Æthelwold[2] and presented to the New Minster in Winchester by King Edgar in the year 966 AD to commemorate the Benedictine Reform.[3][4] It is now part of the British Library's collection.

  1. ^ Miller, 2001, pp. 95, 105; London, British Library, Cotton Vespasian A, viii, fol. 2v. S 745
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference :4 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Nees, Lawrence (2001). Early Medieval Art. Oxford University Press. p. 192.
  4. ^ Ramirez, Janina (2018). "Ruling by the Book: Illuminations—The Private Life of Kings".