Psalterium — Buckland Minchin, Somerset. Priory of St John the Baptist, of nuns of St John of Jerusalem.
| Provenance: | Buckland Minchin, Somerset. Priory of St John the Baptist, of nuns of St John of Jerusalem. |
| Location: | Society of Antiquaries , London |
| Shelfmark: | 713 |
| Author/Title: | Psalterium |
| Type of evidence: | inferred evidence |
| Notes on evidence: | Partially erased inscription on first leaf of text, not read by Cheney in 1940. Inscription according to Leighton is 'Iste liber constat sororum de Bokland'. |
| Date: | s. xiii |
| Ownership: | Robert Steele. Sotheby sale 17 Nov. 1902, lot 99. Tregaskis catalogue 546 (1903), no. 469. Catalogue of the seventh and final portion of the famous stock of the late Mr. W.J. Leighton (who traded as Messrs. J. & J. Leighton), Sothebys 12 Dec. 1923, noc. 260 (£12). Meade Falkner sale, Sothebys Dec. 1932, lot 409. Hon. Chas. Baillie-Hamilton sale, Sothebys 18 Dec. 1939, lot 610. Bought by David of Cambridge and priced by him at £12. March 1940: sold before May 1943 to an unknown customer. Bequeathed to Society of Antiquaries by Sir A. Clapham in 1950. |