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Augustinus super Genesim ad litteram, super Genesim contra Manichaeos, et Responsiones ad Orosium — Pontefract, Yorkshire. Cluniac priory of St John the Evangelist.


Provenance: Pontefract, Yorkshire. Cluniac priory of St John the Evangelist.
Location: Church Library, Boston (Lincs.)
Author/Title: Augustinus super Genesim ad litteram, super Genesim contra Manichaeos, et Responsiones ad Orosium
Type of evidence: e: evidence from an ex-libris inscription or note of gift to an institution
Notes on evidence:

'Iste liber pertinet Monasterio beati Iohannis apostoli et Ewangeliste de pontefracto' (s. xv), on verso of flyleaf at beginning.

Date: s. xii (med.)
Ownership:

'The gift of Mr Wm Skelton Mr of Artes and Rector of Consby' (s. xviii).

Notes:

Ruling in hard point, 2 cols. of 33 lines; small folio.

Old (contemporary?) bare boards, repaired and rebacked.

'Aug' super Genesim' – large and black, at foot of 1st leaf of text.

Initials in red, blue, green and brown – green predominating –, a bit rough, but gay.