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Asser

Vita Ælfredi regis

cumque reverteretur … sategit

190.6-30

Anonymous

Stevenson 1904, 1-95

79.1-52

his temporibus … tamen pro viribus

Vita Alcuini

Arndt 1887

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Manuscript:: There is no evidence for MS circulation in England; but nor is there evidence fo MS circulation of Einhard's Vita Karoli Magni, which Asser definitely used.
Comment:: A 'curiously similar … account', Keynes and Lapidge 1983. Asser might have learned of the Vita Alcuini from Frankish scholars at Alfred's court.
Bibliography:: Keynes and Lapidge 1983, 265, n 195

Contributor:: Richard Hewitt

Created:: 2003-03-14

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Richard Hewitt, Asser: Vita Ælfredi regis, Stevenson 1904, 2003-03-14, Fontes Anglo-Saxonici: World Wide Web Register, https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/fontes/, accessed 2026-01-14

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Contributor:	Richard Hewitt
Text:	Asser: Vita Ælfredi regis
Edition:	Stevenson 1904, 1-95
Reference:	L.D.2.0
Created:	2003-03-14
Project Name:	Fontes Anglo-Saxonici: World Wide Web Register
Website:	https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/fontes/
Date Accessed:	2026-01-14

Asser

Vita Ælfredi regis

cumque reverteretur … sategit

190.6-30

Anonymous

Stevenson 1904, 1-95

81.1-40

nec in vanum … revertendi

Vita Alcuini

Arndt 1887

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Manuscript:: There is no evidence for MS circulation in England; but nor is there evidence for MS circulation of Einhard's Vita Karoli Magni, which Asser definitely used.
Comment:: A 'curiously similar … account', Keynes and Lapidge 1983. Asser might have learned of the Vita Alcuini from Frankish scholars at Alfred's court.
Bibliography:: Keynes and Lapidge 1983, 265, n 195

Contributor:: Richard Hewitt

Created:: 2003-03-14

How to cite

For referencing this record, please use the following:

Richard Hewitt, Asser: Vita Ælfredi regis, Stevenson 1904, 2003-03-14, Fontes Anglo-Saxonici: World Wide Web Register, https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/fontes/, accessed 2026-01-14

Alternatively, please use the following information:

Contributor:	Richard Hewitt
Text:	Asser: Vita Ælfredi regis
Edition:	Stevenson 1904, 1-95
Reference:	L.D.2.0
Created:	2003-03-14
Project Name:	Fontes Anglo-Saxonici: World Wide Web Register
Website:	https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/fontes/
Date Accessed:	2026-01-14

Asser

Vita Ælfredi regis

invigilant animo … curae

3.4-5

Statius

Stevenson 1904, 1-95

90.3

invigilant … regendi

Thebaid

Klotz 1973

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Comment:: A 'medieval remodelling'?; see Keynes and Lapidge 1983.
Bibliography:: Keynes and Lapidge 1983, 269, n 217

Contributor:: Richard Hewitt

Created:: 2003-03-14

How to cite

For referencing this record, please use the following:

Richard Hewitt, Asser: Vita Ælfredi regis, Stevenson 1904, 2003-03-14, Fontes Anglo-Saxonici: World Wide Web Register, https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/fontes/, accessed 2026-01-14

Alternatively, please use the following information:

Contributor:	Richard Hewitt
Text:	Asser: Vita Ælfredi regis
Edition:	Stevenson 1904, 1-95
Reference:	L.D.2.0
Created:	2003-03-14
Project Name:	Fontes Anglo-Saxonici: World Wide Web Register
Website:	https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/fontes/
Date Accessed:	2026-01-14