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Macer, Herbarium metrice — Newark, Surrey. Augustinian priory of St Mary the Virgin and St Thomas the Martyr.


Provenance: Newark, Surrey. Augustinian priory of St Mary the Virgin and St Thomas the Martyr.
Location: British Library, London
Shelfmark: Royal 12 B.xii fols. 228–280
Author/Title: Macer, Herbarium metrice
Type of evidence: e: evidence from an ex-libris inscription or note of gift to an institution
Notes on evidence:

(fol. 230r) "Hic liber est ecclesie sancte Marie et sancti Thome martyris [?] de ... quem qui furto ...".

The form of the inscr. shows that the MS. is from the Aug. priory of Newark, Surrey (de novo loco); cf. Bodleain Library, Auct. D.inf.2.10 and Balliol 85 both of which have the ex-libris inscr. "Hic liber est ecclesie sancte marie et beati Thome martyris de nouo loco quem qui furto abstulerit vel sine conscientia eiusdem ecclesie conventus quocumque modo alienauerit sit anathema maranatha Amen."

Date: s. xiii
Ownership:

Lumley.