© Lambeth Palace Library
The Abbotsbury Breviary
Artist: English
Location: Lambeth Palace Library
Date: circa 1400
Materials: ink on vellum
Dimensions: 21.4 x 13.5cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £10,000 (Total: £30,000)
Vendor: Bernard Quaritch Ltd
Review number: 5416 (2004)
Provenance:
Possibly removed from England during the Reformation; ...; Devroe & Stubbe, Brussels, 2003; Bernard Quaritch Ltd, London.
Description:
A richly illuminated manuscript originally from Abbotsbury Abbey in Dorset and unrecorded until 2003. The calendar in the breviary contains commemorations of a number of specifically West Country saints. The great majority of the most elaborate decorated initials depict a Catherine Wheel, the emblem of St. Catherine of Alexandria. A richly decorated chapel dedicated to St. Catherine was built at Abbotsbury.
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