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Commentarius super Sapientiam — Reading, Berkshire. Benedictine abbey of Saint Mary the Virgin.


Provenance: Reading, Berkshire. Benedictine abbey of Saint Mary the Virgin.
Location: British Library, London
Shelfmark: Royal 4 C.vi
Author/Title: Commentarius super Sapientiam
Type of evidence: e: evidence from an ex-libris inscription or note of gift to an institution
  • Evidence:
  • Donor portrait, his arms, and arms of Reading Abbey
  • Evidence:
  • Donor's arms and arms of Reading Abbey
  • Evidence:
  • Colophon
  • Evidence:
  • Colophon
  • Evidence:
  • Ownership inscription and anathema
  • Evidence:
  • Ownership inscription and anathema
Notes on evidence:

'Hunc librum dedit Frater Thomas Besforde Monachus Radingie Fratribus claustralibus ad studendum. quem qui alienauerit vel fraudem de eo fecerit. uel uiolauerit. Anathema sit. Precium lx s. Orate pro anima eius.' (fol. i verso).
Date: s. xv in.
Ownership:

? Cat. of 1666.
Notes:

Written by John Lutton.