(Q45473)
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Book of hours
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Woodin, William Hartmann
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Manuscripts, Medieval--England--1450-1500
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ca. 1450-1475
15. century
1450Gregorian
1475Gregorian
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Extent: 150 leaves, bound : vellum, ill. ; 30 cm.
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Written in a compressed textualis semi-quadrata in 1 column of 18 lines; 12 large miniatures, numerous foliate decorated initials and inhabited borders, and secondary initials in burnished gold and blue with pen flourishes.
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The calendar is for an English church (Wulstan of Sherborne, Richard of Chichester, Dunstan of Canterbury, Swithin of Winchester, Winefride of Anglia, feast and translation of Erkenwald (bishop of London and patron saint of Southend-on-Sea, among other places), and feast of Erasmus.
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Bound in 19th-cent. red velvet with two silver clasps.
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In a tray case, 33 cm.
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Bequest of William K. Richardson, 1951.
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Belonged to a member of the Lathum family, 16th cent. (inscription, f. 2r, records birth of William Lathum in 1501); William H. Woodin; his sale (New York, 1941, lot 317); to Richardson.
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23 July 2024
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23 July 2024
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