MS. Rawl. C. 269
Summary Catalogue no.: 12129
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History
Provenance and Acquisition
Canterbury, Kent, Benedictine cathedral priory of Holy Trinity or Christ Church: 'Liber de emendacione vite sive de regula vivendi cum aliis diversis contentis ... anno domini M o CCCCLX [over erasure]' (fol. 1r). 'R. Chelmynton 1454' (fol. 188v). 'W. Dover anno domini 1464' (fol. 187v). Note relating to Christ Church, Canterbury, on fol. 188r. Chelmynton's name occurs in a Christ Church book at Canterbury (Dean and Chapter 37 (B 10)). (MLGB3: evidence from an inscription of ownership by an individual member of a religious house (which may not, however, be evidence for institutional ownership)).
? 'Simon Forman 1600'. Simon Forman (1552–1611) was an astrologer, occultist, and herbalist. 'Richard Bickerton 1722'. (MLGB3)
Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1755
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Last Substantive Revision
2021-12-14: Add provenance information from MLGB3.