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EDWARD THE CONFESSOR’S SHRINE IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY: ITS DATE OF CONSTRUCTION RECONSIDERED

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 November 2017

Matthew Payne  and
Warwick Rodwell
Matthew Payne
Affiliation:
Keeper of the Muniments, Westminster Abbey, 20 Dean’s Yard, London SW1P 3PA, UK. Email: [email protected]
Warwick Rodwell
Affiliation:
Consultant Archaeologist, Westminster Abbey, 20 Dean’s Yard, London SW1P 3PA, UK. Email: [email protected]
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Abstract

This paper re-evaluates the evidence for the dating of Edward the Confessor’s shrine at Westminster Abbey, which has been the subject of debate for many years. The paper presents a new argument that the manuscript evidence for a later date is based on an identifiable scribal error, locates the source of this error and postulates an alternative original reading of the inscription on the shrine pedestal.

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The Antiquaries Journal , Volume 97 , September 2017 , pp. 187 - 204
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© The Society of Antiquaries of London 2017 

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