On the order of knighthood, etc. (French); Romance of Saladin and Sir Hugh (French; frgm., 1 fol.) — Westminster, Middlesex. Benedictine abbey of St Peter.
Provenance: | Westminster, Middlesex. Benedictine abbey of St Peter. |
Location: | Society of Antiquaries , London |
Shelfmark: | 136C fols. 39–42 |
Author/Title: | On the order of knighthood, etc. (French); Romance of Saladin and Sir Hugh (French; frgm., 1 fol.) |
Type of evidence: | e: evidence from an ex-libris inscription or note of gift to an institution |
Notes on evidence: | 'Liber de feretro Sancti Edwardi regis et confessoris Westm ex procuracione fratris Iohannis S[...] anno Regni regis Ricardi secundi post conquestum xxiij Cuius anime propicietur deus Amen', erased but legible by u. v. light (fol. 41v). |
Date: | s. xiv/xv |
Ownership: | Sir Joseph Jekyll gave to the Society in 1796. |
Notes: | The two outer bifolia of the first quire of a MS. Fol. 41 was pasted down, and the leaves were in the order 41, 42, 39, 40. |