| Miniature book of hours c.1420. From a private collection. Photographs © Dianne Tillotson. |
| So this is not o hard, and it is also very short. You could try a complete transcript. Use a pen and paper and work from the text pages. Then check it against ours. |
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| Click on each of the above to walk your way through the text. The transcript will appear in a separate window so that you can use it for reference at any time. These exercises are designed to guide you through the text, not test you, so you can cheat as much as you like. |
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