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EDWARD THE CONFESSOR’S SHRINE IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY: THE QUESTION OF METRE

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 October 2018

Matthew Payne  and
Warwick Rodwell FSA
Matthew Payne
Affiliation:
Keeper of the Muniments, Westminster Abbey, 20 Dean’s Yard, London SW1P 3PA, UK. Email: matthew.payne@westminster-abbey.org
Warwick Rodwell FSA
Affiliation:
Consultant Archaeologist, Westminster Abbey, 20 Dean’s Yard, London SW1P 3PA, UK. Email: warwick.rodwell@westminster-abbey.org
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Abstract

In an earlier paper that looked at the dating of Edward the Confessor’s shrine at Westminster Abbey and which was published in volume 97 of The Antiquaries Journal, the authors suggested that a scribal error in the recording of the original inscription by the fifteenth-century monk Richard Sporley may have led to the incorrect date of 1279 being given for the construction (or, at least, completion) of the shrine. As a result of the debate aroused by that earlier paper, the authors have now reconsidered and slightly amended their original argument.

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The Antiquaries Journal , Volume 98 , September 2018 , pp. 145 - 148
Copyright
© The Society of Antiquaries of London, 2018 

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