MS. Fairfax 17
Summary Catalogue no.: 3897
Contents
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
Binding
White leather on boards, with fragment of later green leather strap, and one central boss, 14th-cent. English work.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Louth Park, Lincolnshire, Cistercian abbey of St Mary the Virgin (?) : Contents incl. life of Gervase, first abbot of Louth Park. (MLGB3: evidence from locally specific contents, including obits, scribbles, etc.).
"E libris C. Fairfax ex dono Henrici Cholmley 16...". (MLGB3)
Record Sources
Summary description by Elizabeth Solopova and Matthew Holford, based on the Summary Catalogue and supplementary sources.
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Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2022-04-04: Add binding information from Summary Catalogue.