A volume containing 170 vellum leaves written in double column, with four illuminated initials of unusual design and many in the usual red and blue. It can be identified with a monastery in the diocese of Glasgow and the cultus of St Machutus.
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Title of artwork, date
The Lesmahagow Missal, 1240
Date supported
1957
Medium and material
Vellum
Grant
500
Total cost
1500
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