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Miscellanea — Buckfast, Devon. Savigniac and (1147) Cistercian abbey of St Mary the Virgin.


Provenance: Buckfast, Devon. Savigniac and (1147) Cistercian abbey of St Mary the Virgin.
Location: British Library, London
Shelfmark: Sloane 513
Author/Title: Miscellanea
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)
Notes on evidence:

Miscellaneous, mainly scientific pieces, written by (and partly compiled by?) Fr. Richard Dove, monk of Buckfast. His name, for example, on fol. 24r, 'Explicit quod Ric' Dove monachus B', in the hand of the text. Binding leaves from monastic documents (no doubt of Buckfast), s. xiv.

Date: s. xv
Ownership:

John Shaxton.