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Petrus Riga — London, Guildhall, library.


Provenance: London, Guildhall, library.
Location: Guildhall Library, London
Shelfmark: 3042
Author/Title: Petrus Riga
Type of evidence: e: evidence from an ex-libris inscription or note of gift to an institution
Notes on evidence:

'Hunc librum donauit magister Iohannes Martil librarie communi Guyhalde Ciuitatis londoniarum' (inscriptions on fol. ii verso and, a blank before the NT section, fol. 173v; s. xv).

There is the mark of a chain-staple on the front flyleaves, near the foot of the fore-edge.

Date: s. xiii in
Ownership:

'J. Sotheby'.

The book was lost at the time of the Reformation when the library was dissolved. It was recovered for Guildhall Library (refounded in 1828) in 1926.