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Liber antiphonarum — 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: 178
Author/Title: Liber antiphonarum
Type of evidence: d: evidence of dicta probatoria, usually a secundo folio
Notes on evidence:

The 'Eton Choirbook'. The 'grete ledger of pricksong' reported in the inventory of c. April 1531 (SC236.89), confirmed by second folio.

The arms of the College and of Henry Bost, provost, are found in decorated initials in the manuscript.

Date: AD 1500 x 1504
Medieval Catalogue: SC236.97

Further details of medieval catalogue: SC236. SECULAR INSTITUTIONS: Secular Colleges: Eton College: Inventory of service books, c. April 1531