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Scholars have drawn attention to the Pope Joan legend in relation to two great luminaries, the Benedictine monk and historian Sigebert of Gembloux (c. 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 Chronicon in its 1513 Paris imprint, bearing Thomas Stapleton’s ownership signature and annotations.

New College Library, Oxford, BT1.83.14

New College Library and Archives, Oxford