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Boetius, De consolatione philosophie; Persius, Satires — Exeter, Devon. Cathedral church of St Peter.


Provenance: Exeter, Devon. Cathedral church of St Peter.
Location: Bodleian Library , Oxford
Shelfmark: Auct. F. 1. 15
Author/Title: Boetius, De consolatione philosophie; Persius, Satires
Type of evidence: e: evidence from an ex-libris inscription or note of gift to an institution
Notes on evidence:

"Hunc librum dat Leofricus episcopus ecclesie sancti petri apostoli in exonia ubi sedes episcopalis est ad utilitatem successorum suorum. Si quis illum abstulerit inde. subiaceat maledictioni. Fiat." (fol. 77v); also OE version.

A similar inscription to part 2, on fol. 78r, see Summary Catalogue 2455.

Perhaps visible in the 1508 catalogue (Oliver, Lives, p. 368), but second folio gone.

Date: s. xi
Medieval Catalogue Notes: Leofric
Ownership:

Given to Bodley by the Dean and Chapter of Exeter, 1602.