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Psalterium — Hailes, Gloucestershire. Cistercian abbey of St Mary the Virgin.


Provenance: Hailes, Gloucestershire. Cistercian abbey of St Mary the Virgin.
Location: Cathedral , Wells
Shelfmark: 5
Author/Title: Psalterium
Type of evidence: e: evidence from an ex-libris inscription or note of gift to an institution
Notes on evidence:

"Liber monasterii de Hayles. Anno incarnationis dominice MCCCCCXIV scriptum est hoc Psalterium expensis venerabilis viri domini Christophori Urswyke illustrissimi principis regis Henrici septimi quondam elemosynarii magni ...".

Date: 1514
Ownership:

Sydenham family (s. xviii–xix).

Notes:

Cf. Archaeologia 57, p. 216.

Medieval binding of white leather over boards.