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Manuscript №
77
Location
Cambridge
Collection
Fitzwilliam Museum
Reference
CFM 20
Headnote
Estoire le roy Alixaundre
Estimated date of production
s.xiv (2)
Folia
76
Place of production
Produced for
Notes
"Marginal notes in a 16th cent. Hand on ff. 16 and 59 may give evidence of a monastic provenance: f. 16 Minorees atque Clares Monst. ; f. 59 Blandigo monstead prior di aqua mont. pons fons Sinnib. st bees meet"; "Later scribbles in the margins include the names of Rycharde gervis (ff. 19, 27, 37b 76), William Hey (f. 20b), Thomas Harington (1f 24b, 34b), Hen: Harrington (f 34b), Robt. Watsonn (f. 47b), Elenora Harrington (f. 51b), Eliz: Wright (f. 59), Mary, Thomas, etc. Raffy (f.59 ), Edward Still (f. 76b). Belonged to Bertram, 4th Earl of Ashburnham (Ashburnham Barrois 16)"
Sources for this record
F. Wormwald and P. M. Giles, "A descriptive catalogue of the additional illuminated manuscripts in the Fitzwilliam Museum acquired between 1895 and 1979 (excluding the McClean Collection)." Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1982. Vol. I.

Manuscript contents

Contents
Text Title Language Start folio (ordinal) End folio (ordinal) Total pages
1 Estoire le roy Alixaundre (Dean no. 166) French 1r (1) 76v (152) 152.0

Owners of this manuscript

Owners
Owner number Owner Period Gender Type Source
1 "f. 16 Minorees atque Clares Monst." (Poor Clare Monastery?) s.xvi Woman Clerical F. Wormwald and P. M. Giles, "A descriptive catalogue of the additional illuminated manuscripts in the Fitzwilliam Museum acquired between 1895 and 1979 (excluding the McClean Collection)." Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1982. Vol. I.