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Bede on Ezra — Cirencester, Gloucestershire. Augustinian abbey of St Mary the Virgin.


Provenance: Cirencester, Gloucestershire. Augustinian abbey of St Mary the Virgin.
Location: British Library, London
Shelfmark: Royal 3 A.xii
Author/Title: Bede on Ezra
Type of evidence: e: evidence from an ex-libris inscription or note of gift to an institution
  • Evidence:
  • Ownership inscription and colophon
  • Evidence:
  • Ownership inscription and colophon
Notes on evidence:

'[L]iber sancte Marie de Cirecestria. D. Andree abbatis secundi tempore scriptus per manum D. Fulconis canonici postea prioris. D. Alexandro de Weleue tunc cantore.' (fol. 1r). Andrew was abbot 1147–76.

Date: s. xii med. (1147–76)
Medieval Catalogue: A9.4

Further details of medieval catalogue: A9. AUGUSTINIAN CANONS: Cirencester: Leland, c. 1536-40
Ownership:

Westm. invent. of 1542.