Transcript of notes to the Domesday Book, 12th century. Later transcript of the 'Inquest of the Country of Cambridge', notes compiled in the course of the famous survey of England made in 1086. The findings of this elaborate survey made at the command of William the Conqueror are summarised in the Domesday Book. The Cambridge Inquest was based on notes taken during the hearings of the commissioners who made the survey and contains information omitted from the Domesday Book.
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Transcript of notes to the Domesday Book, 12th century. Later transcript of the 'Inquest of the Country of Cambridge', notes compiled in the course of the famous survey of England made in 1086. The findings of this elaborate survey made at the command of William the Conqueror are summarised in the Domesday Book. The Cambridge Inquest was based on notes taken during the hearings of the commissioners who made the survey and contains information omitted from the Domesday Book.

Date

1100

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

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HRM25A16_096

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

50,0Mo (4,0Mo) / 29,5cm x 42,4cm / 3487 x 5008 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Latin England library country writing English color medieval text location century document script survey British Library manuscript lettering records calligraphy Colour mediaeval Middle Ages 12th century census Domesday Book illuminated manuscript Inquest of the Country of Cambridge manuscript Unknown William the Conqueror William I King William I William of Normandy William Duke of Normandy King of England Duke William Heritage Art blackletter gothic script

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