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Vita s. Swithuni, and other Latin verses. Ars Phocae — Sherborne, Dorset. Benedictine abbey of St Mary the Virgin; seat of bishopric until A. D. 1078.


Provenance: Sherborne, Dorset. Benedictine abbey of St Mary the Virgin; seat of bishopric until A. D. 1078.
Location: Bodleian Library , Oxford
Shelfmark: Auct. F. 2. 14
Author/Title: Vita s. Swithuni, and other Latin verses. Ars Phocae
Type of evidence: inferred evidence
Notes on evidence:

Marginal notes by Leland. He saw 'Vita Swithuni carmine heroico' at Sherborne (De Script. Britt. 164, Coll. 3. 255, 4. 150) and gives quotations in Coll. 1. 149, evidently from this MS.

Date: s. xi ex.
Medieval Catalogue: B94.9

Further details of medieval catalogue: B94. BENEDICTINES: THE SHORTER CATALOGUES: Sherborne: Leland, c. 1536-40