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Ordinale Sarisburiense — Brecon, Brecknockshire. Benedictine priory of St John the Evangelist.


Provenance: Brecon, Brecknockshire. Benedictine priory of St John the Evangelist.
Location: Bodleian Library , Oxford
Shelfmark: Laud misc. 667
Author/Title: Ordinale Sarisburiense
Type of evidence: li: evidence from liturgical detail and an inscription of ownership
Notes on evidence:

'Dedicata fuit ecclesia sancti Iohannis euang' Brechonie in festo sancti Aldelmi' (in kalendar in red at 22 May in main hand); 'Sancte Nonite matris Dauid' (in black at 3 March in main hand).

'Iste liber constat domino Thome Paynot de brechonia' (fol. 85r, s. xvi. 'Thome' over an erasure of another hand; last two words and 'dno' erased but legible by u-v light).

Date: s. xv2