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Tabula originalium sacre scripture — St Albans, Hertfordshire. Benedictine abbey of St Alban.


Provenance: St Albans, Hertfordshire. Benedictine abbey of St Alban.
Location: British Library, London
Shelfmark: Royal 8 G.i
Author/Title: Tabula originalium sacre scripture
Type of evidence: i: evidence from an inscription of ownership by an individual member of a religious house (which may not, however, be evidence for institutional ownership)
  • Evidence:
  • Ownership inscription
  • Evidence:
  • Ownership inscription
Notes on evidence:

'Ex dono Michaelis abbatis. De studio abbatis' (fol. i recto).

No doubt purchased by him from the executors of Richard de Bury in 1346 (cf. 13 D.iv).

Date: s. xiv (c. 1330–1345)
Pressmark:

de studio abbatis

Ownership:

Old Royal pressmark 'no. 1341'.

Notes:

Written for Richard de Bury.

'Liber domini Ricardi de Beri epsicopi Dunelmensis quem scribi fecit Lond[oniis]' (fol. 1r).