Books acquired by Canterbury Cathedral in 1551

28 January 2009
revised

 

David J. Shaw

 

Christ Church Letters, vol. II, item 212

Transcribed by Margaret Sparks.

1551

The 12th of October received of Mr Joseph, being as followeth
Basilius Magnus
Ambrosii opera 2 vols
Chrysostom opera 4 vols
Theophylact
Tertullianus
Cirilla opera 2 vols
Hilarius
Athanasius
Augustine 6 vols
Ciprianus
Lactantius
Bernardi opera
Epiphanius Latine
Historia Ecclesiastica Eusebius
Greg. Nazian.
Biblia Roberti Stephani
Josephua de Antiquitibus
Chronie? Costat Gryphonis
Biblia 2 anglic
[signed] by me William Devenysshe

[on reverse:] A List of books delivered to Mr Devenyshe

These books seem no longer to have been in the Library in 1602 (Oxford College Libraries in 1556, Bodleian Library exhibition catalogue, Oxford 1956).