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Biblia — St Albans, Hertfordshire. Benedictine abbey of St Alban.


Provenance: St Albans, Hertfordshire. Benedictine abbey of St Alban.
Location: Corpus Christi College , Cambridge
Shelfmark: 48
Author/Title: Biblia
Type of evidence: s: evidence from the style of script or illumination
  • Evidence:
  • Excised ownership? inscription
  • Evidence:
  • Excised ownership? inscription
Notes on evidence:

Strip cut off at top of fol. 1r where mark would come.

Text (cf. H. H. Glanz, The Vulgate in England, pp. 177f.), decoration and layout proclaim this as a St Albans product; executed tempore Abbot Simon.

Date: s. xii