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Alanus de Insulis, Equivoca — Eton, Buckinghamshire. Royal College of the Assumption of Saint Mary the Virgin.


Provenance: Eton, Buckinghamshire. Royal College of the Assumption of Saint Mary the Virgin.
Location: Eton College , Eton
Shelfmark: 84
Author/Title: Alanus de Insulis, Equivoca
Type of evidence: b: evidence from binding or elements of a binding typical of a particular library, or pastedowns bearing evidence of provenance
Notes on evidence:

Medieval red leather binding: label mark on lower cover (6 nails), and under where the label was the number "87". The earliest documentary evidence for the book's presence at Eton is in the list of books returned to the bursars in 1558 (SC243).

Date: s. xiv/xv
Medieval Catalogue: SC243.20

Further details of medieval catalogue: SC243. SECULAR INSTITUTIONS: Secular Colleges: Eton College: List of books returned to the bursars, 8 December 1558