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Ambrosius, De officiis; Gemma anime, 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: British Library, London
Shelfmark: Cotton Appendix 13
Author/Title: Ambrosius, De officiis; Gemma anime, etc.
Type of evidence: e: evidence from an ex-libris inscription or note of gift to an institution
Notes on evidence:

'Liber sancte Marie et Sancti Egwini de Evesham' (fol. 2r, s. xvi).

It is possible that the 16th-cent. Evesham inscription is copied from an older inscription now lost.

Date: s. xii–xiii
Ownership:

Belonged earlier to Winchester Dominicans, q.v., and later to Thomas Dakcombe (1496–c. 1572), rector of St Mary Colebrook and petty canon of Winchester. The likely order of ownership is Evesham to Winchester OP to Dakcombe.