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Lucanus, Pharsalia — Rochester, Kent. Cathedral priory of St Andrew.


Provenance: Rochester, Kent. Cathedral priory of St Andrew.
Location: Trinity College , Cambridge
Shelfmark: R. 3. 30
Author/Title: Lucanus, Pharsalia
Type of evidence: sc: evidence from the style of script or illumination and from contents
Notes on evidence:

First leaves gone. On verso of flyleaf, partly cut off, are two lines of verse in the hand Th. Whybam (?), monk and subprior of Rochester: '[Qui servare libris preciosis nescit] honorem illius a manibus sit procul iste liber' (cf. Trinity College, MS O. 2. 24, BL MS Royal 15 A. xxii & others). Erasure at foot of fol. 1r.

Date: s. xii in.
Medieval Catalogue Notes: Cf. cat. II.186