Litlyngton Missal
Illustration — The book on display in the abbey The Litlyngton Missal, also called the Westminster Missal (Latin Missale ad usum ecclesie Westmonasteriensis), is an illuminated manuscript commissioned by Abbot Nicholas Litlyngton in 1383–1384 and donated by him to his monastery, Westminster Abbey, where it has remained ever since. It is a Catholic missal with text in Latin.
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Litlyngton Missal
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- 1384
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- Westminster Abbey library · Westminster Abbey
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Illustration — The book on display in the abbey The Litlyngton Missal, also called the Westminster Missal (Latin Missale ad usum ecclesie Westmonasteriensis), is an illuminated manuscript commissioned by Abbot Nicholas Litlyngton in 1383–1384 and donated by him to his monastery, Westminster Abbey, where it has remained ever since. It is a Catholic missal with text in Latin.
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1384
Litlyngton Missal created.
1384
Litlyngton Missal is recorded from 1384.
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