Item #442760 The book of the foundation of the church of St. Bartholomew, London : rendered into modern English from the original Latin version preserved in the British Museum, numbered Vespasian B. IX / by Humphrey H. King and William Barnard, for use in the 'Records of St. Bartholomew's Priory' by E.A. Webb. London . St. Bartholomew's Priory, England.

The book of the foundation of the church of St. Bartholomew, London : rendered into modern English from the original Latin version preserved in the British Museum, numbered Vespasian B. IX / by Humphrey H. King and William Barnard, for use in the 'Records of St. Bartholomew's Priory' by E.A. Webb

1923, First Edition. London, New York : H. Milford, Oxford University Press. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Presentation copy, with presentation letter from the author to Darcy Power bound in. Item #442760

Physical description; 54 pages 25 cm. Notes; The Book of the foundation (Liber fundacionis Ecclesie Sancti Bartholomei Londoniarum) was written by a canon of the Augustinian Priory of St. Bartholomew about 1180. Manuscript Vespasian B. IX, formerly belonging to the priory, dates from about 1400. cf. Preface; also Sir Norman Moore's edition of the Middle English version of the Book of the foundation (Early Eng. Text Society, 1923). Subjects; Rahere -1144. Bartholomew Saint, Apostle ; Legends. Bartholomew Apostle, Saint. St. Bartholomew's Hospital (London, England).

Price: €195.00

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