MS. Jones 48
Summary Catalogue no.: 8956
Contents
, Historia regum Britanniae
Language(s): Latin
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
Decoration
Coloured capitals.
Binding
Sheepskin on boards.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Furness, Lancashire, Savigniac and (1147) Cistercian abbey of Saint Mary the Virgin: "Istum librum emit frater Willelmus de Dalton abbas huius monasterii [Wm of Dalton was abbot of Furness 1412–1423]" (fol. 7v). (MLGB3: evidence from an ex-libris inscription or note of gift to an institution).
Received by the Bodleian, 1708.
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.