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Description: | John Capgrave (1393-1464) was a friar who was born and died in King's Lynne, in Norfolk. Most of his writings are in Latin, but he also wrote in English, including a life of Katherine, in verse. On the last page of the manuscript is an inscription stating that it was a gift to the Augustinian nunnery at Campsey from Dame Katherine Babyngton, a former subprioress. She had presumably owned the book because it concerned her namesake, and it was probably left to the convent at her death.
This is the Babyngton inscription, in formal gothic script, recording Campsey's ownership, followed by an anathema. | License: | http://www.bl.uk/services/copy/permission.html | Rights holder: | British Library | Source: | Collect Britain | Identifier: | http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personal... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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