Carthusian Diurnal

Item date: c. 1477-1515
Grant Value: £1,794
Item cost: £11,960
Item cost pre-decimal: NULL
Item date acquired: 2009
Item institution: Lambeth Palace Library
Town/City: London

A liturgical manuscript containing the text of the Day Office, Prime, Terce, Sext and None, recited by Carthusian monks in their cells. A rare survival, almost certainly from the London Charterhouse.

Item Provenance
Sotheby's, 7 July 2009, lot 23