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- [14/15 cent.]. (Creation)
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i, 139 ff. (ff. i, 51, 54, 66 and 139 are blank leaves supplied later) : Parchment ; 175 x 120 mm. (written space 135 x 80 mm., two columned) Bound on four whittawed leather thongs, covers cut off.
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'Edwart ap Elis os thys boke', [16 cent., first ½] (f. 62); 'Thomas ap Griffyth' (f. 120 verso) and 'Liber Johanis Jones. Na werth nef er benthic byyd' (f. i), both [16 cent., second ½]. Owned, [20 cent.], by Hornby Roman Catholic Church ('MS Hornby 1' on f. i)
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Sold (with other manuscripts from Upholland College) at; Christie's,; 2 December 1987 (lot 21)
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A breviary, use of Sarum, [14/15 cent.], comprising the sanctorale, ending imperfectly in the office of St Martin at the end of quire 12. Includes the translation of St Leonard, with nine lessons. The festa nova of Saint Chad, Saint David and Saint Winifred are not included. Memoranda of the offices of Saint John of Beverley, Saint Osmund, Saint Ethelreda and Saint Frideswyde are added in the margin. Gathered in twelves. Text defective by loss of one leaf after f. 50, three after f. 53, two after f. 63, one after f. 65 and two after f. 73.
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Latin.
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Preferred citation: NLW MS 22423A.
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