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Martinus Polonus, Chronicon — Glastonbury, Somerset. Benedictine Abbey of Saint Mary the Virgin.


Provenance: Glastonbury, Somerset. Benedictine Abbey of Saint Mary the Virgin.
Location: British Library, London
Shelfmark: Harley 641 fols. 118–206
Author/Title: Martinus Polonus, Chronicon
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)
  • Evidence:
  • Same scribe and illuminator as other Merylynch MSS
  • Evidence:
  • Same scribe and illuminator as other Merylynch MSS
  • Evidence:
  • Ownership inscription
  • Evidence:
  • Ownership inscription
Notes on evidence:

'Liber ffratris Iohannis Merylynch de perquisito eiusdem' (fol. 206v).
Date: s. xv
Ownership:

 

Sir Simonds D'Ewes, first baronet (1602–1650), diarist and antiquary.

 
Notes:

Harley 651, fols. 185–191, was possibly part of Harley 641, fols. 118–206.

For John Merylynch, Benedictine monk at St Mary, Glastonbury, see Harley 651, fols. 185–191 and Oxford, Queen's College, 304, and Keynes MS. (all in 2 cols. of 50 lines).