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What is the oldest item held in the library?

Answered By: Special Collections
Last Updated: Feb 16, 2023     Views: 91

The oldest item in the library is held in Special Collections (MS 1/21 (5 & 6)) and dates from the eleventh century.

It consists of two fragments from a Service Book containing parts of the Divine Office, and is from France or Northern Italy.

For more on our medieval manuscript holdings see the listings for MS 1 (Miscellaneous Manuscripts) and MS 3 (Brett Manuscript Collection).

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