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Harley 4664 f. 128 May
May
Description: Calendar page for May, with the lower-most entry in red (at 21 May) recording the dedication of the altar of St. Mar' (Margaret or Mark?). Immediately below the two consecutive entries in red above, is a late medieval addition, recording the death of Thomas Hatfield, 'founder of our college in Oxford'; and seven lines lower down St. Frideswide, patron saint of Oxford, has also been added. Below the lowermost entry in blue are added commemorations of priors of Durham. 
Origin: England 


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