Durham University Library Archives & Special Collections Catalogue
Part of a leaf from a large liturgical manuscript, written in England in the late 15th century, subsequently cut down and reused as a wrapper.
Parchment
Written space: 280 mm wide and presumably 340+ mm high.
Written in large liturgicaltextura , expertly, with minims 6 mm high.
Initials, for dominical letter A and to S[ancti] etc. red or blue, generally alternating.
Written in England, late 15th century. Perhaps reused as an archival wrapper, to judge by the heading "Norfol: | Hiemale xxviij" (17th or 18th century) written up left hand margin of the recto.
Donated by Dr A. I. Doyle, 1994 (source unreported).
Piece from the lower half of a leaf with part of calendar "iiij A xvij KL Augusti Translacio sancti Osmundi … Sancte Cuthberge virginis non martiris. Iij lc." July 16 - 31 and August 16 - 31, with gradings up to ix lections...