1 January is the #eighthdayofChristmas, and the Feast of the Circumcision.
Here is an #illuminated initial from a song for today, from a #15thCentury #Antiphonal commissioned for the monastery of San Sisto in Piacenza in 1475.
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28 December is the #fourthdayofChristmas, and the Feast of the #HolyInnocents.

Here is an #illuminated initial from a #song for #InnocentsDay, from a #15thCentury #Antiphonal commissioned for the monastery of San Sisto in Piacenza in 1475.
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26 December is the #seconddayofChristmas, and the Feast of #StStephen.
This detail from a #15thCentury #Antiphonal commissioned for the monastery of San Sisto in Piacenza in 1475, shows a song for #StStephensDay.
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