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Description: | Classical texts, such as the writings of the Roman orator and statesman Cicero (106-43 BC), were relatively rare in 12th-century monastic libraries, but were eagerly collected as models of elegant Latin. This manuscript of a collection of Cicero's works has the remains of an ownership inscription of a church dedicated to St. Mary in a place beginning with 'B'. It also has a series of ghost stories added into blank spaces, which relate to Byland and the surrounding area: the book must therefore have belonged to the Cistercian abbey of St. Mary's, Byland.
The brown inscription in the top margin of this page reads 'Liber sce. Marie de B[...]' (St. Mary of B[...]'s book). | 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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