Prothro B-281
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Prothro B-281. [Middle English New Testament. Wycliffite Version]. Illuminated manuscript on vellum. [England, c. 1400–25.]
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EarlyEngland
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Illuminated vellum manuscript Bible
Prothro B-281
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Prothro B-281. [New Testament in Middle English]. Manuscript on vellum. [England: possibly London, c. 1400–1425].
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Sixteenth
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Gilt calfskin