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Higden, Polychronicon — Gloucester, Gloucestershire. Benedictine abbey of St Peter.


Provenance: Gloucester, Gloucestershire. Benedictine abbey of St Peter.
Location: Corpus Christi College , Oxford
Shelfmark: 89
Author/Title: Higden, Polychronicon
Type of evidence: e: evidence from an ex-libris inscription or note of gift to an institution
Notes on evidence:

On fol. 12r, first leaf of text, at bottom: "Liber monasterii sancti petri [Gloucestri]e ex adquisitione [...] cuius animam librum inspicientes [...] specialiter recome[...]", cf. Royal 10 C.vi.

Date: s. xv
Ownership:

Sir John Prise of Brecon priory, 1539 ("Polychronicon" on flyleaf probably in his hand).

Bequeathed to Corpus by Miles Wyndesore.