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Seneca, Epistole — St Albans, Hertfordshire. Benedictine abbey of St Alban.


Provenance: St Albans, Hertfordshire. Benedictine abbey of St Alban.
Location: British Library, London
Shelfmark: Egerton 654
Author/Title: Seneca, Epistole
Type of evidence: e: evidence from an ex-libris inscription or note of gift to an institution
  • Evidence:
  • Ownership inscription and anathema
  • Evidence:
  • Ownership inscription and anathema
Notes on evidence:

'Hic est Liber sancti Albani quem qui ei abstulerit aut titulum deleverit anathema sit. amen.' (fol. 1r).

Date: s. xi or xii
Ownership:

Cat. of Libr. of D. Adam Clarke by J. B. B. Clarke, London 1835, no. 114. Sale 1836, June 20–24, no. 157 (Sotheby) to Baynes (£ 3.13.6).

Acquired by BL in 1838.