Petrus Comestor, Historia scholastica; etc. — Elstow, Bedfordshire. Abbey of Saint Mary the Virgin and St Helen, of Benedictine nuns.
| Provenance: | Elstow, Bedfordshire. Abbey of Saint Mary the Virgin and St Helen, of Benedictine nuns. |
| Location: | British Library, London |
| Shelfmark: | Royal 7 F.iii |
| Author/Title: | Petrus Comestor, Historia scholastica; etc. |
| Type of evidence: | e: evidence from an ex-libris inscription or note of gift to an institution |
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| Notes on evidence: | 'Hunc librum scripsit Robertus filius Radulphi discipulus et scriptor ultimus magistri Roberti Bonni de Bedeford, quorum anime etc. . . . ' (fol. 196r), and 'Scriptus est liber iste anno tertio coronationis Regis Ricardi quem scribere fecit C[ecily] de Chanuill'. bone memorie Abbatissa beate Marie de Helenestow'. in eruditionem et profectum conventus sui et ceterorum inspicientium. Conuertantur igitur prefate abbatisse opera sua bona in salutem anime sue [ . . . ]' (fol. 196v). |
| Date: | 1191–1192 |
| Ownership: | "Mag. Will. Carlyll" (fol. 197r), s. xvi.
Thomas Cranmer (1489–1556), archbishop of Canterbury.
John Lumley, first Baron Lumley (c. 1533–1609).
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