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Record Number:
15818
Author(s)/Creator(s):
Stofferahn , Steven A.
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Title:
A Schoolgirl and Mistress Felhin: A Devout Petition from Ninth Century Saxony [The author provides a brief introduction to the Latin request in a manuscript from Essen by a ninth century female student in a woman's monastery. The writer wants to keep vigil overnight with the lady Adalu. The Latin text and an English translation follow the introduction. Title note supplied by Feminae.]
Source:
Women Writing Latin from Roman Antiquity to Early Modern Europe. Volume 2: Medieval Women Writing Latin. Edited by Laurie J. Churchill, Phyllis R. Brown, and Jane E. Jeffrey. Routledge, 2002. Pages 25 - 35.
Description:
Article Type:
Edition of Text;Essay;Translation
Subject
(See Also)
:
Carolingian Empire
Education
Essen, Nordrhein - Westfalen,Germany- Monastery for Women
Latin Literature
Literacy
Manuscripts
Monasticism
Women in Religion
Award Note:
Geographic Area:
Germany
Century:
9
Primary Evidence:
Manuscript; Düsseldorf, Landes- und Universitätbibliothek Sammelhandschrift B.3. Written around Corbie in the 820s, the manuscript was taken to the women's monastery in Essen in the 860s. It contained a rich collection of readings (from scripture, saints' lives, hymn
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Year of Publication:
2002.
Language:
English;Latin
ISSN/ISBN:
0415941849