Galfridus Monemutensis; Roman de Romains, etc. (in French) — Roche, Yorkshire. Cistercian abbey of St Mary the Virgin.
| Provenance: | Roche, Yorkshire. Cistercian abbey of St Mary the Virgin. |
| Location: | Beinecke Library, New Haven (CT, USA) |
| Shelfmark: | Beinecke 590 |
| Author/Title: | Galfridus Monemutensis; Roman de Romains, etc. (in French) |
| Type of evidence: | inferred evidence |
| Notes on evidence: | 'VIII E brutus' at top of fol. 1r. Medieval binding. The pastedown, mainly illegible by ordinary light, is from a 14th-cent. court-roll: 'Curia Roberti de mala[?] [...] lent' apud Ex[...]'. The name 'Balby' can be read, no doubt Balby, north of Roche; also 'Louersale', some 13 miles south-west of Doncaster. |
| Date: | s.xii ex.–xiii |
| Ownership: | Phillipps 2324. Belonged (29 December 1949) to Messrs P. and L. Robinson Ltd, 16 Pall Mall, London. Their cat. 81 (1950) no. 89 (to Messrs Maggs). Formerly Yale University, Prof. N. H. Pearson. |