Isidorus, Etymologiae — Shrewsbury, Shropshire. Franciscan convent.
| Provenance: | Shrewsbury, Shropshire. Franciscan convent. |
| Location: | University Library , Kyoto, Japan |
| Shelfmark: | 039.7-Isi (183787) (formerly Leicester, Bernard Halliday) |
| Author/Title: | Isidorus, Etymologiae |
| Type of evidence: | e: evidence from an ex-libris inscription or note of gift to an institution |
| Notes on evidence: | 'De communitate fratrum minorum Salopie Isidorus' (top fol. 1r), ? s. xiv. 'Liber Isidori ethimolog' de [...] fratrum minorum Salop' ad ususm fratris Iord[ani] de Worth acomod'' (flyleaf, facing fol. 1r), erased. |
| Date: | s. xiv in. |
| Ownership: | Erased ownership inscription, possibly as above, facing it on verso of flyleaf. Rev. J. Brooke of Shifnall – sold to Bennett, bookseller at Shrewsbury, sold to John Rose, Esq. Feb. 1886. Sale by his executors Sotheby's 13 Dec. 1938, lot 498 (for £26) to Maggs. Maggs cat. 672 (Febr. 1939) no. 15 for £45. Sold by them to Gerald P. Mander, The Dippons, Compton, Wolverhampton, before July 1939.
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| Notes: | 185 fols., parchment, 2 cols. 30 cm x 20.5 cm. Calf binding. Sotheby's catalogue describes the MS. as French, s. xv in., and the inscr. as s. xvi in. |