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Boethius, De consolatione, etc. — Canterbury, Kent. Benedictine abbey of St Augustine (originally of St Peter and St Paul).


Provenance: Canterbury, Kent. Benedictine abbey of St Augustine (originally of St Peter and St Paul).
Location: Bodleian Library , Oxford
Shelfmark: Digby 174
Author/Title: Boethius, De consolatione, etc.
Type of evidence: e: evidence from an ex-libris inscription or note of gift to an institution
Notes on evidence:

'Liber Iohannis de Lond[oniis] de librario Sancti Augustini Cant.' (fol. v verso), s. xiv in.

'dist. xi. g. i' (fol. v verso).

'quaterni Johannis de Lond' cum monoculo.' [with picture] (fol. 99r).

(Flyleaf from continental MS. s. x in.)

Date: s. xii, xiii, xiv
Pressmark:

D.xi G.i

Medieval Catalogue: BA1.987

Further details of medieval catalogue: BA1. BENEDICTINES: Canterbury-St Augustine's: Catalogue, 15th cent.
Ownership:

John Dee (1527–1609), mathematician, astrologer, and antiquary; part of contents list in his hand.

Thomas Allen (1540?–1632), "147".