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Liber precum (partly in English) — Winchester, Hampshire. Abbey of St Mary the Virgin, of Benedictine nuns (Nunnaminster).


Provenance: Winchester, Hampshire. Abbey of St Mary the Virgin, of Benedictine nuns (Nunnaminster).
Location: British Library, London
Shelfmark: Cotton Galba A.xiv
Author/Title: Liber precum (partly in English)
Type of evidence: cl: evidence from contents and from liturgical detail
Notes on evidence:

Written in the same hand as Cotton Nero A.ii fols. 3–13, which was probably originally a part of the Galba MS. 

Written, partly at least, for female use.

The litany and hymn and prayer for St Machutus suggest Winchester – see E. Bishop, Liturgica Historica, p. 389; Leofric Collectar, H.B.S. 2 (1921), p. 618.

Date: s. xi in.