John of Tynemouth, Historia aurea (2 vols.) and Registrum Benefactorum (vol. 3) — St Albans, Hertfordshire. Benedictine abbey of St Alban.
| Provenance: | St Albans, Hertfordshire. Benedictine abbey of St Alban. |
| Location: | Corpus Christi College , Cambridge |
| Shelfmark: | 5, 6, 7 |
| Author/Title: | John of Tynemouth, Historia aurea (2 vols.) and Registrum Benefactorum (vol. 3) |
| Type of evidence: | e: evidence from an ex-libris inscription or note of gift to an institution |
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| Notes on evidence: | On 1st leaf of text of vol. 1, in large red letters: 'Hic est liber Sancti Albani de libraria conuentus.' At foot of page, a long inscription recording the writing of the book to the order of William Wyntreshull under Abbot John Whethamstede. Similar inscr. in vols. 2 and 3 (q. v.). |
| Date: | (vols. 1–2) s. xv in., (vol. 3) s. xiv/xv |
| Notes: | See V. H. Galbraith, The St. Albans Chronicle, pp. lv–lxvi with facs. of pp. 50, 212. Pp. 50 ff. are from the original 19th quire of Royal 13 E.ix. |