Smaragdus, Diadema, etc. — 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: | Bodleian Library , Oxford |
| Shelfmark: | Bodley 451 |
| Author/Title: | Smaragdus, Diadema, etc. |
| Type of evidence: | bc: evidence from binding or pastedowns and from contents |
| Notes on evidence: | Written by a "scriptix". A note on fol. ii recto, written A. D. 1150, apparently concerns especially St Edburga (1st abbess of Nunnaminster), whose name and King Alfred's are in capitals each time they occur. Medieval binding: the pastedowns are from monastic accounts A. D. 1334 and include an item "pro petris de selborne" (for Selborne quarries and their use for bindings at Winchester in the Middle Ages see V. C. H. Hants., vol. 5). |
| Date: | s. xii in. |
| Ownership: | Given by Sir Wm. Billesby in 1605. |