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Harley Roll Y 6, Roundel 1, Half Roundel of St Guthlac deciding to devote...

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Harley Roll Y 6, Roundel 1, Half Roundel of St Guthlac deciding to devote himself to the religious life, with the inscription 'Guthlaci' (the previous part of the inscription is lacking).from the 'Life of Guthlac' (the 'Guthlac Roll', or Vita Sancti Guthlaci) 1175-1215
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English School, (13th century) / English
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British Library, London, UK
Medium
parchment
Date
1175 AD - 1215 AD (C12th AD - C13th AD)
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Guthlac (674–715) was a saint from the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Mercia. He was a warrior in the Mercian borderlands who, after nine years of fighting, had a religious conversion and became a hermit in Crowland, in Lincolnshire, where he lived in solitude on an island in the middle of a marsh.

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guthlac roll / parchment / life / anglo saxon / saint / st guthlac / roundel / roundels / scroll
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