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ST. EDMUND OF ABINGDON

Catalogue reference: Sion L40.2/L42

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This record is a file about the ST. EDMUND OF ABINGDON dating from 15th century.

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Sion L40.2/L42
Title
ST. EDMUND OF ABINGDON
Date
15th century
Description

The 'Speculum ecclesiae' by St. Edmund of Abingdon (1175-1240), Archishop of Canterbury, also known as Edmund Rich and Eadmund of Canterbury. A single quire only, ending incomplete. p. 1. A table under 37 heads of 'materie que tacte sunt in sermonibus ... sequentibus'. Begins 'In nomine domini nostri ihesu cristi Amen. Iste liber est`qui´ docet vere et perfecte viuere et est nominatus speculum sancti edmundi confessoris in honore domini nostri ...'. pp. 2-24. Text. Begins: 'Videte ad quod vocati estis. Ista verba Apostoli pertinent nobis hominibus religiosis ...' Ends: '... incipit credere firmiter quod' (ends imperfectly). The last words now remaining are in chapter 27 of the edition by M. de la Bigne, 'Bibliotheca Sanctorum Patrum', 1589, v. 1449 B.

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A digital copy is available via the online image management system: http://images.lambethpalacelibrary.org.uk/luna/servlet/s/0h121s

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Lambeth Palace Library
Language
Latin
Creator(s)
Sion College
Physical description
24 pp.
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Open

Immediate source of acquisition
Transferred from Sion College to Lambeth Palace Library, 1996.
Physical condition
Modern paper covers. One quire, strengthened with a strip of parchment down the middle. Paper leaves, 190 x 142 mm. Written space 142 x 90 mm. Frame ruling. 37 long lines. Written in England in current anglicana. Red initials. Secundo folio 'mala fecisti'.
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https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/6abdc12e-7442-43f1-8c55-68cf86ea671d/

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ST. EDMUND OF ABINGDON