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(p. 400) From 962 on he starts the next sentence with “aerest”, before having used a
preposition such as “of”.
The Dating clause once again has the “Scripta”. As with Ae. A, it mentions the
Witan’s consent.
“Anno dominicae incarnationis…Scripta est haec carta hiis testibus
consentientibus quorum inferius nomina notantur.”
We see that the consent here is expressed even more brusquely than in the charters of
Ae. A 144 , and none of these charters is identifiable as being more than a crown estate
gift (see Part 4). – Eadgar A initially used “caraxantur”, then from 962 “notantur”.
The witness-list is simple. The wordy signatures of the king and the bishops had
already been shortened under Eadgar. Here little more remained than a single word.
“Ego Eadgar rex Anglorum concessi.”
“Ego Dunstan archiepiscopus confirmavi.”
“Ego Oscytel archiepiscopus corroboravi.”
“Ego Osulf episcopus consolidavi.”
“Ego Byrhthelm episcopus confirmavi.”
“Ego Oswald episcopus corroboravi.”
“Ego Aelfstan episcopus adquievi.”
“Ego Aethelwold abbas.”
“Ego Aelfhere dux…” etc.
King Eadgar signs with “concessi”, which expresses his particular understanding of
the transfer. We consider at least this word not to be “dull” 145 . Before each witness
name there is once again an “Ego”, which had disappeared for ‘duces’ and ministers
since Ae. B. Here it is used accordingly no longer as a list, but to emphasise the
personal witness attestation “ego”.
Scribe Eadgar B (p. 400)
Charters C. S. 1071; 1075; 1114; 1230 (probably).
Besides Eadgar A, no scribe stands out from him with an individual style. We do,
however, have several charters, which greatly resemble the diplomatic style of Eadgar
A, yet demonstrate one real characteristic in common, so that one can assume that
here was another scribe. In his first charter he used the same Proem as Eadgar A,
namely Type I of Eadmund C; yet Eadgar B corrects only the mistakes, not changing
the text, except that he, like Eadgar A, writes:
144 See Excursus I.
145 See F. Liebermann, The National Assembly in the Anglo-Saxon Period, Halle 1913, p. 24.
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