1. Add MS 36704
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 36704
- Title:
- LIVES of St. Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, and St. Gilbert of Sempringham, translated into English by John Capgrave, Austin Canon at Lynn, the chronicler, apparently holograph, viz. 1. Life of St. Augustine, from a Latin life compiled chiefly out of the Confessions, but not, it would seem, that attributed to Ivo of Charters. The translation, the preface states, was done at request of " a noble creature, a gentill woman," who was born on St. Augustine's day. Prologue beg. " A grete reule to al...
- Scope & Content:
- Saints: Lives of SS. Augustine and Gilbert, by John Capgrave: 15th cent.: Engl. John Capgrave, theologian and historian: Lives of SS. Augustine and Gilbert, and tract on the Augustinian orders: 15th cent.: Autogr. Bindings ENGLISH: Wooden boards covered with vellum, erased arms: 15th-16th cent...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English and Latin
- Date Range:
- 15th century
- Extent:
- 1 item