Complete calendar from a Book of Hours. Parchment. ff. 14. Unfoliated. Written space 90 x 65 mm. 16 long lines per page. Ruled in ink. Collation: 16 +2 inserted before 1, 26. Written in gothic textualis formata. Decoration: 1-line initials in gold on a ground of red or blue; borders of leaves in gold leaf on ivy vines with fronds and flowers in tempera. Two gatherings still bound and showing leather torn from previous binding. The... Produced in France, Normandy - probably in Bayeux. Calendar includes Saint Regnobert, Bishop of Bayeux. A pilgrim badge impression on the verso of folio 2: four badges, two larger and two smaller ones in a vertical row - they were attached with needle and thread to the page preceding the calendar. The practice of attaching the badges to the pages of devotional books flourished in the regions...
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