Flores historiarum — Westminster, Middlesex. Benedictine abbey of St Peter.
Provenance: | Westminster, Middlesex. Benedictine abbey of St Peter. |
Location: | British Library, London |
Shelfmark: | Cotton Otho C.ii |
Author/Title: | Flores historiarum |
Type of evidence: | inferred evidence |
Date: | s. xiv/xv |
Notes: | Otho C.ii, now badly burnt, is stated to have belonged to St Peter's, Westminster, by Dr. Th. Smith in a description of the MS. at the end of Bodleian, MS. Smith 140. Now 138 fols., badly damaged by fire. Numerous marginalia in hands of s. xvi. Marked 'Deest' in Smith's catalogue, but described by Smith in a MS. note at the end of MS. Bodl., Smith 140, who states 'Liber olim pertinebat ad Monasterium Sancti Petri Westmonasteriensis quem suis pecuniis a vidua Iohannis Storo redemit D. Robertus Cottonus A. Ch. M.D.C.V'. |