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Chronicon abbatie — Melrose, Roxburghshire. Cistercian abbey of St Mary the Virgin.


Provenance: Melrose, Roxburghshire. Cistercian abbey of St Mary the Virgin.
Location: British Library, London
Shelfmark: Cotton Faustina B.ix fols. 2–75
Author/Title: Chronicon abbatie
Type of evidence: c: evidence from locally specific contents, including obits, scribbles, etc.
  • Evidence:
  • Annals
  • Evidence:
  • The founding of Melrose, in red ink
  • Evidence:
  • Annals
  • Evidence:
  • Arnaldus, 6th abbot of Melrose
  • Evidence:
  • Annals
  • Evidence:
  • Melrose annals
Notes on evidence:

Provenance inferred from contents.
Date: s. xii–xiii
Ownership:

Leland – his hand occurs and see Bale, Index, ed. Poole.
Notes:

Collotype facs. ed. A.O. and M.O. Anderson, 1936.