D'Ewes, Simonds - Numi Anglo-Saxonici et Neustro-Anglici

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D'Ewes, Simonds - Numi Anglo-Saxonici et Neustro-Anglici
FINA IDUnique ID of the page  15780
TitleTitel of the book. Numi Anglo-Saxonici et Neustro-Anglici
InstitutionName of Institution. London, British Library
PlacePlace of publication of the book, composition of the document or institution.
InventoryInventory number. Harley MS 255, ff.226r-233r
AuthorAuthor of the document. Simonds D’Ewes
CollectorCollector. Simonds D'Ewes
Catalogue dateDate when the catalogue was issued: day - month - year .
LanguageLanguage of the correspondence Latin
Associated personsNames of Persons who are mentioned in the annotation.
LiteratureReference to literature. Burnett 2020b, p. 5201
External LinkLink to external information, e.g. Wikpedia 
KeywordNumismatic Keywords  Medieval , Saxon , English
Grand documentOriginal passage from the "Grand document".

'Numi Anglo-Saxonici et Neustro-Anglici. A detailed listing of English pennies of Edward the Confessor, Harold II, Archepiscoporum Cantuariensium Numi [coins of the Archbishops of Canterbury], Archiepiscoporum Eboracensium numi [coins of the Archbishops of York] (= St Peter pence), Gulielmus primus, Gulielmus II vulgo Rufus dictus, and then, strangely, Iohannes Rex. We find a total of about 37 coins, following his attributions:

Edward the Confessor 6
Harold II 4
Archbishops of Canterbury 1
Archbishops of York 11(?)
[Lincoln] 1
William I 8
William II 4
John 2

These pages have original paginations, running from 23 (226) to 32 (235). Since the sequence starts at 23, it seems obvious that the now lost pages 1–23 would have covered earlier material. 22 pages would seem quite a lot for the earlier Anglo-Saxon coins. At the same average of a minimum of about 4 and a maximum of about 8 coins per page, they would have included about 80–160 coins: perhaps rather more if there were not so many deletions as in the surviving pages, so it is possible that they also included earlier material, such as pre-Roman or Romano- British coins.' (Burnett 2020b, p. 520)

RemarksRemarks regarding the annotation. (en)

The title Numi Anglo-Saxonici et Neustro- Anglici is repeated on BL, Harley MS 255, f.235v, but there are no entries. (en)

References

  1. ^  Burnett, Andrew M. (2020), The Hidden Treasures of this Happy Land. A History of Numismatics in Britain from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment, BNS Special Publ. No 14 = RNS Special Publ. No 58, London, Spink & Son.