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Horae — Dartford, Kent. Priory of St Mary the Virgin and St Margaret, of Dominican nuns.


Provenance: Dartford, Kent. Priory of St Mary the Virgin and St Margaret, of Dominican nuns.
Location: Castle Museum, Taunton
Shelfmark: 2
Author/Title: Horae
Type of evidence: e: evidence from an ex-libris inscription or note of gift to an institution
Notes on evidence:

At end: "Orate pro anima Sororis Alicie Brainthawyt qui [sic] dedit nobis istum librum."

Date: s. xv
Ownership:

"Purchased at Mr North's sale in the year 1832 – a relic from the Abbey of Muchelney".

Given by Mrs. Story, The Lynch, Somerton, Taunton, in 1906.

Notes:

Binding with S. G.'s panels (cf. Hobson, Bindings in Cambridge Libraries, p. 58).

Notes of payments s. xvi in. on front pastedown.

Alice Brainthwaite, prioress 1461, owned Harley 2254.