Oxford, All Souls College 38 Ælfric, "Grammar" fragments (flyleaves); Ps. -Thomas of Elmham, "Vita Henrici Quin ti" (with 299 London, British Library, Royal 12 G. xii) [Ker 265, Gneuss 480]

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335. Oxford, All Souls College 38

Ælfric, "Grammar" fragments (flyleaves);

Ps. -Thomas of Elmham, "Vita Henrici Quin ti"

(with 299 London, British Library, Royal 12 G. xii)

[Ker 265, Gneuss 480]

HISTORY: Bequeathed to All Souls by James Goldwell, bishop of Norwich (d. 1499, his ex libris on f. 2r, bottom); he was a fellow of All Souls 1441- 1452 and bequeathed a number of books to All Souls, nine of which survive (Ker 1971: 107). Mid-11c .Ælfric "Grammar" leaves form flyleaves to the mid-l 5c paper volume, a copy of the "Vita Henrici Quinti;' which was attributed to Thomas of Elmham by Thomas Hearne, its 18c editor. The .i£lfric leaves are from the same volume as supplied flyleaves in BL Royal 12 G. xii [299] (q.v.). Pressmarks on the pastedown on the inside front cover 'V V.7.2; 'W3.7' refer to the several places in the wire presses it occupied in the old Codrington (All Souls) library in the 19c (Watson 1997: xix).