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Lectionarium; Catalogus reliquiarum in Abbatia de […] [inter alia corpus de s. Winefridae]] — Shrewsbury, Shropshire. Benedictine abbey of St Peter and St Paul.


Provenance: Shrewsbury, Shropshire. Benedictine abbey of St Peter and St Paul.
Location: Fitzwilliam Museum , Cambridge
Shelfmark: 88-1972 (218)
Author/Title: Lectionarium; Catalogus reliquiarum in Abbatia de […] [inter alia corpus de s. Winefridae]]
Type of evidence: c: evidence from locally specific contents, including obits, scribbles, etc.
Notes on evidence:

St Winifred's body was translated from Gwytherin nunnery to Shrewsbury Abbey in 1138.

Date: s. xi–xii
Ownership:

On fol. 1r the note 'Iacobus Bowen Anno 1745'.

Acquired by Sir T. P. in or about 1828.

Acquired by Prof. F. Wormald Nov. 1947 from Messrs Robinson.

Notes:

Medieval binding of white leather over wooden boards.