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mei/00214067 Auct. 1Q 2.28.
[00214067]
Oxford, Bodleian Library (GB)
: Auct. 1Q 2.28.
ISTC No.it00166000
AuthorThomas Aquinas
TitleSuper tertio libro Sententiarum Petri Lombardi
NoteProvenance: On a2r an unidentified coat of arms (fifteenth century): gules, gothic 'i' over a patriarchal cross with two lateral supports at the base, azure; the whole within a bordure of the same; Mrs Clark (British Museum) suggested to Sheppard a religious house named Jerusalem, of which there were 10 in the Low Countries.
NoteProvenance: On a2r an unidentified coat of arms (fifteenth century): gules, gothic 'i' over a patriarchal cross with two lateral supports at the base, azure; the whole within a bordure of the same; Mrs Clark (British Museum) suggested to Sheppard a religious house named Jerusalem, of which there were 10 in the Low Countries.