J. Islip (abbot); Devotions — Westminster, Middlesex. Benedictine abbey of St Peter.
| Provenance: | Westminster, Middlesex. Benedictine abbey of St Peter. |
| Location: | John Rylands Library , Manchester |
| Shelfmark: | Lat. 165 |
| Author/Title: | J. Islip (abbot); Devotions |
| Type of evidence: | i: evidence from an inscription of ownership by an individual member of a religious house (which may not, however, be evidence for institutional ownership) |
| Notes on evidence: | 'The original maker ad owner was John Islip', abbot of Westminster, 1500–1532; 'He has introduced the rebus of his name into many of the borders, consiting of a human eye and a slip or branch of a tree ...' (MRJ, Cat. 288). |
| Date: | s. xv |
| Ownership: | Edwin H. Lawrence F.S.A. (sale 1892 lot 528). Lord Amherst of Hackney (sale 25 March 1909, lot 742). |