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Ovidius, Fasti; Claudianus — Leicester, Leicestershire. Augustinian abbey of St Mary the Virgin de Pratis.


Provenance: Leicester, Leicestershire. Augustinian abbey of St Mary the Virgin de Pratis.
Location: National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland
Shelfmark: Advocates 18.5.13 fols. 1–47
Author/Title: Ovidius, Fasti; Claudianus
Type of evidence: i: evidence from an inscription of ownership by an individual member of a religious house (which may not, however, be evidence for institutional ownership)
Notes on evidence:

"De adquisitione fratris Willelmi Charyte". Entered in the catalogue in the list of books bought for the abbey by William Charyte. Precentor and prior of the abbey, Charyte is normally credited with the composition of the catalogue.

Date: s. xii ex.
Medieval Catalogue: A20.1055

Further details of medieval catalogue: A20. AUGUSTINIAN CANONS: Leicester: Catalogue, 15th cent.
Ownership:

Balfour of Denmilne.