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Seneca, Epp. ad Lucillum, 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: Magdalen College, Oxford
Shelfmark: lat. 22
Author/Title: Seneca, Epp. ad Lucillum, etc.
Type of evidence: e: evidence from an ex-libris inscription or note of gift to an institution
Notes on evidence:

'Liber Abbathie (?) de Euesham 2o fo Galathis' (fol. iii verso, opposite first leaf of text; 'hie' and the second 'b' of the second word seem certain).

Evesham ex-libris legible by ultra-violet light.

Probably a staple chain mark at foot of last leaf: the mark are clearer by u-v. light.

Date: s. xii ex.
Ownership:

Magdalen pressmark 'E pa' and title 'Epistole Senece' (s. xv) on fol. iii verso.

Caucio M. E. Albo[n ?] exposita ciste sancti Johannis 28 die nouembris 1470 . . .' with three supplements, St Thomas on the Sentences 2o fo tens(?) tunc(?), Chrysostom on Pauline Epistles 2o fo [ . . . ], and Sermones G[ . . . ], 2o fo [. . .]', mainly legible by u-v. light – on verso of last leaf. 'xxs' at head of last verso.

This was a Cambridge chest. No doubt E. Albon, fellow of Gonville Hall.