Manuscript: Lichfield 1
Description (from Gneuss, Handlist of Anglo-Saxon Manuscripts)
Gospels (incomplete) : s. viii2/4 or viii med., W Midlands or Northumbria?, prov. Wales (prob. Llandeilo Fawr, Carmarthenshire) s. ix, prov. Lichfield prob. s. x1 Welsh, Latin and Old English marginalia s. viii/ix - xi1.
Current location
- Repository
- Cathedral Library
- Town or City
- Lichfield
- Shelfmark
- 1
Other information
- Name
- Lichfield Gospels; Gospels of St Chad
- Catalogue Numbers
- CLA II.159
- G. 269
- K. 123
- Format
- Unspecified
- Date
- Unspecified
- Origin
- W Midlands or Northumbria? (dubitable)
Gneuss, Handlist of Anglo-Saxon Manuscripts (G. 269)
Gospels (incomplete) : s. viii2/4 or viii med., W Midlands or Northumbria?, prov. Wales (prob. Llandeilo Fawr, Carmarthenshire) s. ix, prov. Lichfield prob. s. x1 Welsh, Latin and Old English marginalia s. viii/ix - xi1.
DigiPal Project
Ker: Lower margin of p. 4 has 'Her sutelað an þæt godwine earwiges sunu hæfþ gelæd fulle lade æt þan unrihtwife þe leofgar b(isceop) hyne tihte. 7 þæt wæs læd æt licitfelda' : s. xi1.
Hart, ECNE: Leofgar bp 1020x27 (p. 341).
Keynes, Atlas: Leofgar doesn't witness any charters; Godwine perhaps in S.980, 984, 977, 959 (1023); then Brihtmaer, S.962, 983, 965 from 1026.