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Biblia — Hexham, Northumberland. Augustinian priory of St Andrew.


Provenance: Hexham, Northumberland. Augustinian priory of St Andrew.
Location: Cathedral , Newcastle
Author/Title: Biblia
Type of evidence: e: evidence from an ex-libris inscription or note of gift to an institution
Notes on evidence:

"Liber sancte [recte: sancti] Andree de Hexham", s. xv, at foot of fol. 1r.

Date: s. xiii
Notes:

Modern binding, a chain. At foot of fol. 1r is a 9-line note, beginning "Librum hunc vetustissimum", containing the date Aug. 1660 and signed "Richardus Morton apud S[...] houses in C Northumbriæ [?]". It is very hard to read.

No old flyleaves.

Two cols. of 58 lines.

Small hand.

Average initials.