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Biblia glo., pars iii, cum exposicione Nicholai de Lyra — Fountains, Yorkshire. Cistercian abbey of St Mary the Virgin.


Provenance: Fountains, Yorkshire. Cistercian abbey of St Mary the Virgin.
Location: Union Society, Fairfax Rhodes Library, Cambridge
Shelfmark: (pr. bk)
Author/Title: Biblia glo., pars iii, cum exposicione Nicholai de Lyra
Type of evidence: e: evidence from an ex-libris inscription or note of gift to an institution
Notes on evidence:

'Liber sancte marie virginis gloriose de ffontibus ex dono domini Roberti smythe' (s. xvi, head of verso of second front flyleaf).

Date: s.l. et a.
Ownership:

In a catalogue of Kerkslake, Bristol, price £12.12.0.

Notes:

This book was chained in the church (s. xvi, lower half of last printed leaf):

'Quibus huiusce opusculi sese assuefacere iuvat Lectura quantum libet/ libere perfruantur Sed tamen eis lege vt Reuerendissimi patris nostri et domini marmaduci Abbatis de Fontibus eius nominis primi Ac Roberti fabri sacre/ theologie professsoris viri sui temporis illustrissimi ac rectoris de vadu/ suis precibus hac luce discedens presentem opusculum huic monasterio legauit/ alter pia consideratione publicum procurans profectum hic catenis obserauit'.

Robert Smythe rector of Wath.

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