MS. Add. A. 42
Summary Catalogue no.: 30149
Contents
Exhortation addressed to Mary and Anne and other nuns of the convent of Amesbury
Rubric: Mary and Anne with all the other devo3th dyscyples of the scale of cryste in youre monastery of Amysbury
Incipit: My dear susterys Mary and Anne
Extracts from the vow of profession show that Christiana was then prioress
Yvonne Parrey, "‘Devoted disciples of Christ’: Early Sixteenth-Century Religious Life in the Nunnery at Amesbury", Historical Research, 67 (1994) 240-248
Language(s): English
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: iii + 33 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 7.75 × 5.125 in.
Condition
Imperfect and in places stained and injured by damp. One or more sheets of ten leaves appear to be missing after fol. 10
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Owned by Cornelys Johnston in 1590 (fol. 18v; cf. 4, 5v, 11, 13v)
Probably acquired before 1860
Record Sources
Description adapted (May 2025) by Stewart J. Brookes from the Summary Catalogue (1905)
Bibliography
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Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2025-05-29: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1905) and other printed sources