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Psalterium — Tynemouth, Northumberland. Benedictine priory of St Mary the Virgin and St Oswin; cell of St Albans.


Provenance: Tynemouth, Northumberland. Benedictine priory of St Mary the Virgin and St Oswin; cell of St Albans.
Location: British Library, London
Shelfmark: Cotton Galba A.v
Author/Title: Psalterium
Type of evidence: inferred evidence
Notes on evidence:

The tradition recorded in Smith's cat. 'Dicitur fuisse liber Oswini Regis' is presumtive evidence for an inscription 'Liber sancti Oswini', or the like.

According to Usher in Bodl., Add. 91, fol. 73v it had the inscription 'Liber Oswini Deiorum regis'.

Date: s. xiii (?)
Notes:

Irish hand.

Partly burnt.

Formerly 71 fols.