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Psalterium, etc. — Evesham, Worcestershire. Benedictine abbey of St Mary the Virgin and St Egwin.


Provenance: Evesham, Worcestershire. Benedictine abbey of St Mary the Virgin and St Egwin.
Location: Almonry Museum, Evesham
Author/Title: Psalterium, etc.
Type of evidence: l: Liturgical evidence, often to be found in the kalendar
Notes on evidence:

'Dedicacio huius ecclesie in cap'' in red at 13 Nov. Saints Odulph and Egwin in blue.

The wrapper is a leaf of a well written 12th-cent. MS of the Chronicle of Marianus Scotus (no doubt in John of Worcester's version), containing text for '558', '554'.

Date: s. xiv in.
Ownership:

'Joan Yeascombe her book. Anno 1715.'

St Austell, Trustees of Prideaux-Brane.

Sotheby sale 1 Feb. 1960, lot 256, to Evesham Almonery Museum.