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Liturgical parchment. Psalms to be sung on the feast days of St Edmund the Martyr and St Cecilia.

St. Edmund K. and M.
St. Cecilia V. and M.

A parchment leaf folded in half and used as a cover. Veneration of St Edmund suggests England as likely origin of work, 14th century.

Used as the cover of Vita Henrici Chichele Archiepiscopi Cantuariensis [1414-1443], sub regibus Henric: V. et VI descripta ab Arthuro Duck, 1617.

Marsh's Library stamp and call number.

Formerly numbered 46.

Citation: Liturgical parchment. Psalms to be sung on the feast days of St Edmund the Martyr and St Cecilia. Marsh's Library Exhibits ‘Manuscript Fragments’; accessed March 29, 2024, https://www.marshlibrary.ie/digi/exhibits/show/ms-frags/item/178

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