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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 ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ, Oxford fellow—Thomas Stapleton (1535–1598). Now we have these two Catholic theologians unequivocally aligned in a major acquisition for ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ 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.

²ÝÁñÊÓƵ Library, Oxford, BT1.83.14

²ÝÁñÊÓƵ Library and Archives, Oxford