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Prudentius[; Orosius] — Malmesbury, Wiltshire. Benedictine Abbey of St Mary the Virgin and St Aldhelm.


Provenance: Malmesbury, Wiltshire. Benedictine Abbey of St Mary the Virgin and St Aldhelm.
Location: Corpus Christi College , Cambridge
Shelfmark: 23 fols. 1–104
Author/Title: Prudentius[; Orosius]
Type of evidence: e: evidence from an ex-libris inscription or note of gift to an institution
  • Evidence:
  • Donation inscription
  • Evidence:
  • Donation inscription
Notes on evidence:

On fol. ii verso is a verse inscription, mentioning the gift of the Prudentius to St Adlhelm by one Aðelperd (Athelward abbot of M. c. 982 or 1040–1050).

The two first lines of verse are also in Bodleian MS. Marshall 19 (SC 5265).

Date: s. x/xi [and xii]