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Alfred, King of England, 849-899

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  • Aelfredi regis res gestae / [John Asser].
  • King Alfred the Great in military dress is visited in a dream by the goddess of science with stars in her hair, while winged sylphs gambol in the clouds. Etching by J.A. Minasi after B. Pernotin.
  • A group of figures, including Punch, enacting the finale of the first act from Alfred; overlooked by a musician and a writer visible in the clouds above. Pen and ink drawing.
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    Historiæ ecclesiasticæ gentis Anglorum libri V / a Venerabili Beda, tribus præcipuè mss. Latinis, à mendis haud paucis repurgati: ab ... Anglo-Saxonum rege Aluredo (sive Alfredo) examinati; ... Quibus accesserunt Anglo-Saxonicæ leges [Gulielmo Lambardo interprete]: et ultimò, leges Henrici I nunc primùm editæ.

    Bede, the Venerable, Saint, 673-735. | Date: 1644
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