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Evangelia — Rochester, Kent. Cathedral priory of St Andrew.


Provenance: Rochester, Kent. Cathedral priory of St Andrew.
Location: British Library, London
Shelfmark: Royal 1 D.iii
Author/Title: Evangelia
Type of evidence: e: evidence from an ex-libris inscription or note of gift to an institution
  • Evidence:
  • Ownership inscription
  • Evidence:
  • Ownership inscription
Notes on evidence:

'Textus de ecclesia Roffensi per Godam comitissam .III'.

Belonged to and probably written for Countess Goda, sister of Edward the Confessor, and after the grant of her manor of Lambeth to Rochester by William Rufus, it was removed there. Subsequently pawned and then redeemed by Prior Helyas (c. 1200).

Date: s. xi
Pressmark:

III

Medieval Catalogue: B81.20

Further details of medieval catalogue: B81. BENEDICTINES: THE SHORTER CATALOGUES: Rochester: Books given, early 13th cent.
Ownership:

Thorpe, Reg. Roff., pp. 119, 122 (Arch. Cant. 3, p. 63).

Westm. invent. of 1542.