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Higden, Polychronicon (impf.) — Glastonbury, Somerset. Benedictine Abbey of Saint Mary the Virgin.


Provenance: Glastonbury, Somerset. Benedictine Abbey of Saint Mary the Virgin.
Location: British Library, London
Shelfmark: Additional 10105
Author/Title: Higden, Polychronicon (impf.)
Type of evidence: i: evidence from an inscription of ownership by an individual member of a religious house (which may not, however, be evidence for institutional ownership)
Notes on evidence:

"Dompnus [..., erasure] monachus Glaston' anno domini mccccco xii<o> scripsit has litteras" (inside cover, s. xvi in.).

Date: s. xiv
Ownership:

"Gough Sale 181 – £ 1 ·· 3 ·· 0" (inside cover).

"Purchased Feb. 1836 Heber's Sale Lot 580" (fol. 1r).

R. Smith Sale May 15, 1682, MS. no. 111.