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Date(s)
- [1390s] (Creation)
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Extent and medium
138 ff. : Parchment ; 175 x 120 mm.
Calf.
Context area
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Purchased from Sotheby's, London, 29 November 1960.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Book of Hours, mainly of Sarum use, with calendar. The volume has associations with the Caernarfon district.
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Conditions governing access
Access to the original manuscript by authorised permission only. Readers are directed to use surrogate copies.
Conditions governing reproduction
Usual copyright laws apply.
Language of material
- Latin
Script of material
Language and script notes
Latin.
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Finding aids
Sir George Warner, Descriptive Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts in the Library of C. W. Dyson Perrins (Oxford, 1920), pp. 59-61.
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Existence and location of copies
Digital version available http://hdl.handle.net/10107/4387112 (July 2016)
Digital version available https://www.library.wales/discover-learn/digital-exhibitions/manuscripts/the-middle-ages/the-llanbeblig-book-of-hours
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Publication note
E. J. M. Duggan, 'Notes concerning the "Lily Crucifixion" in the Llanbeblig Hours', National Library of Wales Journal, 27.1 (1991-1992), 39-48.
Publication note
Cristina Maria Cervone, Poetics of the Incarnation: Middle English Writing and the Leap of Love (Philadelphia, 2012), pp. 197-208.
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Note
Varying form of title: Llanbeblig Hours.
Note
Varying form of title: Llyfr Oriau Llanbeblig.
Note
Preferred citation: NLW MS 17520A.
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Language(s)
- English