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Gospels (in English) — Bath, Somerset. Benedictine cathedral priory of St Saviour, St Peter, and St Paul.


Provenance: Bath, Somerset. Benedictine cathedral priory of St Saviour, St Peter, and St Paul.
Location: Corpus Christi College , Cambridge
Shelfmark: 140
Author/Title: Gospels (in English)
Type of evidence: e: evidence from an ex-libris inscription or note of gift to an institution
  • Evidence:
  • Colophon
  • Evidence:
  • Colophon
Notes on evidence:

'Ego ælfricus scripsi hunc librum in monasterio baðþonio et dedi briht†oldo preposito. Qui scripsit uiuat in pace in hoc mundo et in futuro seculo, et qui legit legator in eternum' (fol. 45v, at end of Matthew).

Contents of the book:

West-Saxon translation of the Gospels

Link to the Book Site
Date: s. xi
Ownership:

 Matthew Parker (1504–1575), archbishop of Canterbury.

Notes:

Pp. 7–8, 55–56 of Cambridge, Corpus Christi College 111 appear to have belonged to MS 140.