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Iosephus — Hertford, Hertfordshire. Benedictine priory of St Mary the Virgin; cell of St Albans.


Provenance: Hertford, Hertfordshire. Benedictine priory of St Mary the Virgin; cell of St Albans.
Location: University Library , Glasgow, Scotland
Shelfmark: Hunterian 4
Author/Title: Iosephus
Type of evidence: e: evidence from an ex-libris inscription or note of gift to an institution
Notes on evidence:

"Liber s' m' de h[...]" – a short place name followed perhaps by an anathema – N.R. Ker suggested "hert'", without knowledge of the "close relationship" between this MS. and the St. Albans Iosephus, Royal 13 D.vi, vii.

Date: s. xii
Ownership:

s. xvi in.:

1) "Liber Thome Marowe"

2) "Liber Ioannis Lavender ex dono thome marow."

Notes:

Fine script and illumination, see Franz Blatt's ed. of Iosephus, 1958, pp. 90–91.