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Julius Solinus — Reading, Berkshire. Benedictine abbey of Saint Mary the Virgin.


Provenance: Reading, Berkshire. Benedictine abbey of Saint Mary the Virgin.
Location: British Library, London
Shelfmark: Add. 30898
Author/Title: Julius Solinus
Type of evidence: e: evidence from an ex-libris inscription or note of gift to an institution
Notes on evidence:

'Hic est liber sancte MARIE de rading'. Quem qui celauerit uel fraudem de eo fecerit, anathema sit'.

Contemporary binding, strap and pin missing. Two boards. Fols. 1, 2 are waste leaves from an unfinished service-book, s. xii2.

Date: s. xii ex.
Ownership:

Sale by Puttick and Simpson, 5 July 1877, lot 698.

Purchased by J. M. Stark, 13 June 1898.