About “Book of Saint Albans”
The Book of Saint Albans is a 1486 publication that compiles information on hawking, hunting, and the blasing of arms. It was the final book printed by the St Albans Press in England and is also known as The Book of Hawking, Hunting, and Blasing of Arms. The 1486 edition attributes the hunting section to Juliana Berners, as noted in the text: "Explicit Dam Julyans Barnes in her boke of huntyng." The book reflects the interests of a 15th-century gentleman and was produced by a printer sometimes referred to as the Schoolmaster Printer. It is considered a hunting treatise attributed to Juliana Berners. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.)
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- 1486
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