Details for manuscript 378

Manuscript №

378

Location

London

Collection

British Library

Reference

Add. 42555

Headnote

Revelation ('The Abingdon Apocalypse')

Estimated date of production

s.xiii (med)

Folia

ix+85

Place of production

Produced for

Notes

Giles de Bridport (d. 1262), bishop of Salisbury: supposedly gave the manuscript to Abingdon Abbey, as recorded in a 14th-century inscription on f. 57v (see Catalogue of Additions 1931-1935 (1967)); see, however, Morgan, Early Gothic Manuscripts (1988), where Giles's ownership is disputed, and a slightly later date (c 1270-1275) is proposed for the manuscript. While the inscription is no longer legible to the naked eye on f. 57v, an ultra-violet photograph is printed on f. ix recto.; Joan of the Tower (b. 1321, d. 1362), queen of Scots, consort of David II: received the manuscript on loan from Abingdon Abbey in 1362, according to the inscription on f. 4v and it may not have been returned after her death (Morgan, Early Gothic Manuscripts (1988)): inscription on f. 4v.

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