/ en /thomas-stapletons-copy-sigebert-gemblouxs-chronicle-1513 <div class="top-wrapper"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-12"> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/large_navigation/public/2025-07/New%20College%20Library%2C%20Oxford%2C%20BT1.83.14%2C%20title-page%20%5Bdetail%5D.png.webp?itok=L9ULdsoe" width="655" height="435" alt="New College Library, Oxford, BT1.83.14, title-page [detail]" class="img-responsive"> </div> <div class="field field--name-node-title field--type-ds field--label-hidden field--item"><h2> Thomas Stapleton’s Copy of Sigebert of Gembloux’s Chronicle (1513) </h2> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field--item">Christopher Skelton-Foord</div> <div class="field field--name-field-issue field--type-string field--label-above"> <div class="field--label">Issue number</div> <div class="field--item">(2025): 23</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-notes-category field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field--label">Notes category</div> <div class="field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/80" hreflang="en">Library Antiquarian</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/635" hreflang="en">BT1.83.14</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/117" hreflang="en">Thomas Stapleton</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/636" hreflang="en">Sigebert of Gembloux</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/637" hreflang="en">Pope Joan</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="middle-wrapper"> <div class="inner-middle-wrapper"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-8"> <div class="field field--name-field-summary field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><h3>Scholars have drawn attention to the Pope Joan legend in relation to two great luminaries, the Benedictine monk and historian Sigebert of Gembloux (<em>c</em>. 1026–1112), and the exiled theology professor—and New College, Oxford fellow—Thomas Stapleton (1535–1598). Now we have these two Catholic theologians unequivocally aligned in a major acquisition for New College Library, a fine copy of a notable post-incunable with a very telling provenance: Sigebert of Gembloux’s <em>Chronicon</em> in its 1513 Paris imprint, bearing Thomas Stapleton’s ownership signature and annotations.</h3> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>New College Library, Oxford, BT1.83.14</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h5><strong>New College Library and Archives, Oxford</strong></h5> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-2 col-md-offset-2 col-sm-3 col-sm-offset-1"> <div class="field field--name-field-attachment field--type-file field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"><span class="file file--mime-application-pdf file--application-pdf icon-before"><span class="file-icon"><span class="icon glyphicon glyphicon-file text-primary" aria-hidden="true"></span></span><span class="file-link"><a href="/sites/default/files/2025-07/23NCN6%20%282025%29%20Skelton-Foord%20on%20Stapleton%20and%20Sigebert.pdf" type="application/pdf; length=280891" title="Open file in new window" target="_blank" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="bottom">23NCN6 (2025) Skelton-Foord on Stapleton and Sigebert.pdf</a></span><span class="file-size">274.31 KB</span></span></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-12"> </div> </div> </div> </div> Mon, 28 Jul 2025 13:55:26 +0000 Christopher 3387 at