| If you are still going, you must have a pretty good handle on this one now. Why not try a complete transcript. Use a pen and paper and work through the text pages, then check it against ours. Any differences of opinion with our transcript or translation will be gravely considered. |
| Book of Hours, c.1500. From a private collection. Photographs © Dianne Tillotson. |
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