Paschasius Radbertus, De benedictionibus patriarchum, etc. — Reading, Berkshire. Benedictine abbey of Saint Mary the Virgin.
| Provenance: | Reading, Berkshire. Benedictine abbey of Saint Mary the Virgin. |
| Location: | Museum and Art Gallery, Reading |
| Shelfmark: | 40. 74 |
| Author/Title: | Paschasius Radbertus, De benedictionibus patriarchum, etc. |
| Type of evidence: | e: evidence from an ex-libris inscription or note of gift to an institution |
| Notes on evidence: | '[[Hic est li]]ber S. Marie de Rading' quem qui celauerit [[uel fraud]]em de eo fecerit, anathema sit' (top of flyleaf, s. xiii, damaged). Table of contents follows. Identifiable in the Reading catalogue of c. 1192. The manuscript is the unique witness for the text. (Medieval binding, white leather over boards with clasp.) |
| Date: | s. xii |
| Medieval Catalogue: | B71.124 Further details of medieval catalogue: B71. BENEDICTINES: THE SHORTER CATALOGUES: Reading: Catalogue, 1192 |
| Ownership: | Found with Lord Fingall's cartulary of Reading in 1792 at Shinfield near Reading. Discovered by Bishop Virtue at Woolhampton Lodge in 1884, and described briefly by him in Proceedings of the Soc. of Antiquaries of London, 2nd ser. 14 (1891–2), 279. Formerly Portsmouth, Roman Catholic Bishopric, Virtue and Cahill Library, 8473. |