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Augustinus, Enchiridion; Prosper, De vita contemplativa — Holme Cultram, Cumberland. Cistercian abbey of St Mary the Virgin.


Provenance: Holme Cultram, Cumberland. Cistercian abbey of St Mary the Virgin.
Location: Huntington Library, San Marino (CA, USA)
Shelfmark: HM 19915
Author/Title: Augustinus, Enchiridion; Prosper, De vita contemplativa
Type of evidence: e: evidence from an ex-libris inscription or note of gift to an institution
  • Evidence:
  • Binding with bosses characteristic of Holme Cultram
  • Evidence:
  • Binding boss characteristic of Holme Cultram
  • Evidence:
  • Ownership inscription
  • Evidence:
  • Ownership inscription and list of contents
  • Evidence:
  • Ownership inscriptions
Notes on evidence:

"Liber Sancte Marie De Holmcoltran. Hec continentur In Hoc Volumine Enchiridion augustini Prosper de Vita Contemplativa" (flyleaf).

"liber lxxvj" at head of fol. 1r.

"Liber sancte Marie de holmo" at foot of fol. 1r.

 

Date: s. xiii in.
Pressmark:

liber lxxvi

Ownership:

No. 17 in the Llanerch cat. of 1740.

No. 42 in the Llanerch cat. of 1778.

Philip Bryan Davies-Cooke of Owston (Yorks.), Gwysaney (Flints.): his son is Philip Tatton Davies-Cooke of Gwysaney, Mold.

At Gwysaney in May 1942; deposited in the Nat. Library of Wales 1947.

Sotheby's sale 15 June 1959, lot 197 (Davies-Cooke).

 

 

Notes:

Cf. Hist. MSS. Comm. Rep. 6. 418b, no. 54.

Old binding with tall bosses of fluted metal on first cover. Label formerly low down on 2nd cover: nail marks remain.

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