Eadwig Basan (Latin: Eaduuius Basan) was an eleventh-century

monk A monk (; from , ''monachos'', "single, solitary" via Latin ) is a man who is a member of a religious order and lives in a monastery. A monk usually lives his life in prayer and contemplation. The concept is ancient and can be seen in many reli ...

and

scribe A scribe is a person who serves as a professional copyist, especially one who made copies of manuscripts before the invention of Printing press, automatic printing. The work of scribes can involve copying manuscripts and other texts as well as ...

of Christ Church Canterbury, who worked on several manuscripts, including the ''Eadwig Gospels'' and ''Eadwig Psalter,'' both of which were named after him, and the '' Grimbald Gospels.'' He also made additions to the '' York Gospels,'' the ''

Harley Psalter The Harley Psalter (British Library Harley MS 603) is an illuminated manuscript of the second and third decades of the 11th century, with some later additions. It is a Latin psalter on vellum, measures 380 x 310 mm and was probably produced ...

'' and the famous '' Vespasian Psalter,'' as well as writing several charters in the second and third decades of the eleventh century. It seems that many of his works have a common artist, which has led to the suggestion that he illustrated his manuscripts personally, although this cannot be verified; possibly he is represented by the figure of an anonymous monk kneeling at the feet of

St Benedict Benedict of Nursia (; ; 2 March 480 – 21 March 547), often known as Saint Benedict, was a Christian monk. He is famed in the Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Church, the Lutheran Churches, the Anglican Communion, and Old Catholic Ch ...

in a miniature from the ''Eadwig Gospels.'' However, it is more likely that this monk was copied from a manuscript by

Rabanus Maurus Rabanus Maurus Magnentius ( 780 – 4 February 856), also known as Hrabanus or Rhabanus, was a Frankish Benedictine monk, theologian, poet, encyclopedist and military writer who became archbishop of Mainz in East Francia. He was the author of t ...

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* {{authority control English Christian monks Medieval European scribes Clergy from Canterbury Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown Anglo-Saxon artists 11th-century English artists 11th-century English writers 11th-century writers in Latin

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