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Another of the Books from the Morgan Library, M.311 is a northern Italian, perhaps Florence or Sienna, manuscript from the late 15th C.  Though not marked as such in the catalogue, the calendar has a strongly Augustinian focus, with a Vigil for his main feast when there aren't even Vigils marked for all the Evangelists. The calendar has very little metadata, lacking Golden numbers, roman dates and Julian dates, it only indicates the Dominical letter.

(As with all Morgan MS, my images cannot be posted, so we are left with f.13r)

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Walters - MS W.439

Walters MS W.439 is a late 15th Century Book from Ghent, usage unknown, with a severly underpopulated calendar, it contains only 132 entries.  The unusual saint included is Saint Hadulphi (Bishop), who is unidentified as of yet.  His deposition is May 19th(see red-black alternating letters below, f.5v) and his translation is August 31.

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B.11.7 from Trinity College, Cambridge, is a fascinating late 14th C Book, use unknown, but probably Sarum.  It is both the most precise and most accurate calendar transcribed to date.  Saints are listed with ALL formal titles, as many as 3 per saint (see St. Augustine, Bishop, Confessor and Doctor on August 28th below), and every saint listed is on an attested date.  Dates also always give specific saint info, i.e. Translation or "St Thomas of Hereford".  The missing information is that few vigils, particularly on the first months of the year, are listed.  

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Another one from the State Library of Victoria, in Melbourne Austrailia, RARES 09.R66HB is a slightly strange book.  The use of York is rare by itself, but in addition this one was written in Bruges.   The calendar is rather sparse 161 entries in total, and is missing some common feasts, such as the Christmas Vigil (Dec. 24).  An additional oddity is that the Octave of St. Laurence is listed (Aug 17), but not the actual feast, which would have been August 10th, see f.8r below

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