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English: Breviary, l. 117, initial D(omine exaudi) with a peacock.

Polski: Brewiarz, k. 117, inicjał D(omine exaudi) z pawiem.

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English: Breviary, l. 117, initial D(omine exaudi) with a peacock.
Polski: Brewiarz, k. 117, inicjał D(omine exaudi) z pawiem.
Date circa 1470
date QS:P571,+1470-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium ink and color on vellum
Dimensions height: 14.7 cm (5.7 in); width: 11 cm (4.3 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,14.7U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,11U174728
239 leaves
Object history

18th century: transferred to Załuski Library
1795: transferred to Hermitage Palace in Saint Petersburg (confiscation)
1921: transferred to National Library in Warsaw (revindication)

October 1944: Burned deliberately by the Germans during the Planned destruction of Warsaw.[1]
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English: Additional inscriptions:
  • Breviarii Romani Diurnale Codex membr. C. Pict, l. 1 by bishop Załuski.
Source/Photographer Halina Tchórzewska-Kabata ed. (2003). The National Library year book XXXV. Biblioteka Narodowa. ISBN 83-70009-552-6 Invalid ISBN
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  1. ↑ English Rebecca Knuth (2006). Burning books and leveling libraries: extremist violence and cultural destruction, p. 166. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 02-75990-07-9

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