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Psalter: MS 2-1954

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Current Location: In storage

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Psalter

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Notes

History note: Made for a female member of the family of Gruffydd ap Gwenwynwyn, either his wife Hawise Lestrange or his daughter Margaret (d. 1336), wife of Sir Fulk FitzWarin of Whittington, Salop; Marchioness of Downshire; Sotheby’s, London, 9 May 1933, lot 1; bought by Viscount Lee of Fareham (d. 1947), June 1935; presented to the Fitzwilliam Museum by his widow, 1954.

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1954) by Ruth Moore

Project

  • Cambridge Illuminated

Identification numbers

Accession number: MS 2-1954
Primary reference Number: 239311
Project ID: 3440

Audit data

Created: Friday 15 November 2019 Updated: Tuesday 26 March 2024

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Manuscripts and Printed Books

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