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The observances in use at the Augustinian priory of S. Giles and S. Andrew at Barnwell, Cambridgeshire;

Introduction: I. The manuscript. II. History and description of Barnwell priory. III. Constitution of the house. IV. A monastic day. V. The structure of the hours. VI. The rule; appendix of Premonstratensian statutes.--[Text:] The rule of S. Augustine.--The second rule.--The observances · "Three hundred copies printed." · Edited from the eighth book of the "Liber memorandorum ecclesie de Bernewelle", a ms. volume in the British museum (Ms. Harl. 3601) usually referred to as "The Barnwell cartulary" or "The Barnwell register", the original of which was composed in 1295-96. The "Observances" are preceded by the "Rule of St. Augustine" edited from Ms. Harl. 2939, and by the "Second Rule" (Augustini Opera omnia, Paris, 1836 I)

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