Kerdeston Hawking Book
The Kerdeston Hawking Book is an illuminated manuscript dating from the 15th century, containing information about medieval falconry practices.
History[edit]
Composition[edit]
The Kerdeson Hawking Book was produced for Sir Thomas Kerdeston in the 1430s by a scribe in East Anglia.[1]
Acquisition by the British Library[edit]
As part of the UK government's Acceptance in Lieu scheme, the book was acquired by the British Library in 2007 in place of inheritance tax. A few surviving leaves of the Kerdeston Hunting Book were accepted simultaneously. These were both placed into the library's extensive collection of Middle English manuscripts.[1]
Contents[edit]
The Book contains six texts on falconry, two of which have not survived in any other form.[1] Topics discussed in these texts include the training of hawks and falcons for hunting, and the treatment of their illnesses.[1] Illuminations, produced in a workshop in Suffolk, accompany the text.[1]
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