Breviarium (Cistercian use) — Fountains, Yorkshire. Cistercian abbey of St Mary the Virgin.
| Provenance: | Fountains, Yorkshire. Cistercian abbey of St Mary the Virgin. |
| Location: | Christ Church, Oxford |
| Shelfmark: | e.8.29 (pr. bk) |
| Author/Title: | Breviarium (Cistercian use) |
| 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: | Christ Church e.8.29 has the arms of Abbot Marmaduke Huby (Abbot of Fountains, 1494–1526), in the border at the beginning of the Psalter. Printed in Paris, '... per Jo. Kaebriand alias Huguelin et J. Adam Socios impressum impensis Fr. Regnault 15[date erased]'. The only known surviving copy of its edition, unrecorded in the literature. M. Carter in BLR 22 (2009) 17–34, assigned a date of probably c. 1520. |
| Date: | Paris, 1520(?) |
| Ownership: | Sold Sotheby July 20, 1927, lot 3 to 'Gibbs', i.e. bought in. Given to Christ Church by Dr. Oxford in 1940.
Ex inform. R. Gilyard-Beer Esq. |
| Printed Book |