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Liber Theodoli, etc. — Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire. Benedictine abbey of St Mary the Virgin and St Modwenna.


Provenance: Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire. Benedictine abbey of St Mary the Virgin and St Modwenna.
Location: St John's College , Cambridge
Shelfmark: A.2.1
Author/Title: Liber Theodoli, etc.
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 name of William Edys is on each tract. The fullest inscription is on top of part 1: 'Constat Dompno Wyllelmo Edys monacho de Burton super Trent, si quis alienauerit anathema dei optinebat'.

Contents of the book:

(i) Liber Theodoli, with commentary by Odo Picard, printed [London:  Richard Pynson, ?1503].

(ii) Libellus sophistarum ad usum Oxoniensium, printed [London]: Richard Pynson, [c. 1498–1500].

(iii) Libellus sophistarum ad usum Cantabrigiensium (ed. Iohannes Wolffer), printed [London]: Richard Pynson, 1497.

Date: London, A.D. 1497, etc.
Ownership:

Thomas Baker (1656–1740).

Printed Book