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Basilius, Monita; Epistole Cenomanensis — Fountains, Yorkshire. Cistercian abbey of St Mary the Virgin.


Provenance: Fountains, Yorkshire. Cistercian abbey of St Mary the Virgin.
Location: British Library, London
Shelfmark: Additional 62130
Author/Title: Basilius, Monita; Epistole Cenomanensis
Type of evidence: e: evidence from an ex-libris inscription or note of gift to an institution
Notes on evidence:

"Liber monasterii de Fontibus. Theca [...] nov. arm. lib. xvi. 16: in propria classe codicem post lecta seconde ...".

Date: s. xii–xiii
Pressmark: Th.[ ] in nov. lib.16
Ownership:

Sir H. Ingilby of Ripley Castle (cf. Hist. MSS. Comm. Rep. 6. 356a). Sold 21 October 1920 (Sotheby lot 116) to Quaritch (£ 18).

The copy was on loan to the Archives Department of Leeds Public Libraries, and was referenced there VR 6107.

Notes:

Formerly Studley Royal, Mr H. Vyner, the second, first, third and fifth MSS. respectively are listed in the 1964 edn. Fragments of a missal formerly Add. 62129 were identified as pastedowns from Add. 62132A and are now Add. 62132B. The fourth Vyner MS. was stolen in 1964 and is at present unretraced.