#139 hond - hand Walys - Wales
priamus - king of Troy
Dardanus - muthical ancestor of the Trojans
fonde - find, discover
lond - land
wryte - write
heet - be called (hgten)
sone - son
wone - wont, custom, abode
Thenne - Kentish for Thinne - thin, slender, poor, feble, meager
Foun - young deer of 1st year (young desiva)
mouche - much, great
eke (eek) - also, moreover
ben - to be
wodebinde - woodbine, honey suckle
deynte - (Fr. dainte) value, worth, delight, pleasure
fyle - much, many
hele - health, prosperity
heet - heat
couth - known, familiar
mone - moon
bindings
Limp paper
" vellum
Paper wrappes
Leather
Collating - early printers devised 1st the Registers + Tabula
the Catchwords, Signatures [inserted] printed on the 1st 2-6 leaves of each quiue (23 letters, J, U + W omitted) [end inserted], Foliation [inserted] numbering of leaves only [end inserted] + Pagination [inserted] numbering of pages [end inserted].
Rx = rubrica.
.S. = scilicet
.X. 'asteriskos
Printing had been established in over
200 towns by the year 1500.
Fifteen Oes, prayers attributed to St. Bridget of Sweden (c. 1203-73)
each beginning with the vocative 'O'.
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