[Calendar, England, ca. 1375-1400 : illuminated manuscript on vellum].

Calendar, January-December. Illuminated with 24 calendar roundels (including zodiacal attributes) and 12 shields (overpainted) and banderoles (erased). At the top of each recto page (gutter margin) is a grotesque. The Calendar records a plethora of English martyrs, saints and bishops, including: Feb...

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Format:	Manuscript
Language:	English, Middle (1100-1500)
Subjects:	Calendars > England > 15th century > Specimens. Illumination of books and manuscripts > England > 15th century > Specimens. Christian saints > England > Calendars > Early works to 1800. illuminated manuscripts. calendars of saints. religious calendars. Devotional calendars. Inscriptions. Panel-stamped bindings.

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Summary:	Calendar, January-December. Illuminated with 24 calendar roundels (including zodiacal attributes) and 12 shields (overpainted) and banderoles (erased). At the top of each recto page (gutter margin) is a grotesque. The Calendar records a plethora of English martyrs, saints and bishops, including: Feb. 1: Brigid of Kildare, Abbess and Virgin (525). April 3: Richard Bishop of Chichester. April 19: Aelphege. May 19: St. Dunstan Bishop of Worcester, Archbishop of Canterbury. May 27: Augustine of Canterbury, Apostle of England and Confessor. June 9: Translation of Edmund of Abingdon (Oxford veneration), Archbishop of Canterbury (1240). June 16: Translation of Edward Bishop of Chichester (1253). June 22: Alban, Protomartyr of Britain (3rd or 4th century). June 23: Aethelthryth, Princess of East Anglia (679). July 7: Translation of Thomas Beckett, Archbishop of Canterbury (not erased). July 15: Translation of Swithun, Bishop of Winchester (862). July 17: Kenelm, King and Martyr. Nov. 16: Edmund of Abingdon (Oxford veneration), Archbishop of Canterbury (1240). Aug. 5: Oswald, King and Martyr (642). Aug. 31: Saint Cuthburh, Abbess of Wimborne Minister (725). Sept. 4: Translation of Cuthbert, Bishop of Northumbria (634). Oct. 13: Edward, King. Oct. 14: Wulfstan, Confessor. Nov. 16: Edmund, Archbishop. Nov. 20: Edmund, King and Martyr (869)--Invoice.
Item Description:	Description supplied by cataloger from vendor's description. First leaf, recto: blank, save for a near-contemporary (15th-century?) inscription: "Thys ys mystryss Marys boke," below which is written "Mary Kingston" (17th- or 18th-century?).
Physical Description:	1 leaf (verso blank), 6 leaves illustrated on both sides : color illustrations ; 21 cm