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When the abbess died in 866, she was buried in the abbey church.
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Moira Ritter, Miami Herald, 22 Feb. 2024
That makes the abbess a likely candidate for the author of the inscription and marginal doodles.
—Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 21 Feb. 2023
One of them was the abbess of a female religious community in Kent from around 733 to 761 CE, which is consistent with the dating of MS Selden Supra 30.
—Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 21 Feb. 2023
Groff imagined the poet Marie de France as a teenager forced to venture into the dark woods to serve as the abbess.
—Ron Charles, Washington Post, 7 Sep. 2023
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Moira Ritter, Miami Herald, 22 Feb. 2024
That makes the abbess a likely candidate for the author of the inscription and marginal doodles.
—Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 21 Feb. 2023
One of them was the abbess of a female religious community in Kent from around 733 to 761 CE, which is consistent with the dating of MS Selden Supra 30.
—Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 21 Feb. 2023
Groff imagined the poet Marie de France as a teenager forced to venture into the dark woods to serve as the abbess.
—Ron Charles, Washington Post, 7 Sep. 2023
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“Abbess.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/abbess. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.
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abbess
noun
ab·bess
ˈab-əs 
: the head of a convent of nuns
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