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Vite sanctorum — Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland. Convent of Austin friars.


Provenance: Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland. Convent of Austin friars.
Location: British Library, London
Shelfmark: Additional 35110
Author/Title: Vite sanctorum
Type of evidence: e: evidence from an ex-libris inscription or note of gift to an institution
  • Evidence:
  • Ownership inscription, list of contents, etc.
  • Evidence:
  • Ownership inscription and list of contents
  • Evidence:
  • List of contents
  • Evidence:
  • Erased ownership? inscription
Notes on evidence:

"Hic est liber fratrum heremitarum ordinis sancti Augustini de Novo Castro. In hoc volumine continentur hee vite: Vita sancti Augustini episcopi magni doctoris, Vita sancti Cuthberti episcopi, Vita sancti Columbe abbatis, Vita sancti Osuualdi regis et martyris, Vita sancti Aidani episcopi, Vita sancti Eduuardi regis" (fol. 2v, flyleaf); s. xiii.

 
Date: s. xii ex.
Ownership:

Sir Henry Savile Provost of Eton or other of his family – Savile sale 1861 (lot 59).

Phillipps no. 26075. Sold 1897 lot 241.
Notes:

An erased inscr. immediately under the above.

Medieval binding, much mended. 

Cf. Mynors, Durham Cath. MSS., p. 8.