1 gen 1583 anni - white leather

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Leather of a white or light colour and soft pliant consistence, prepared by tawing (OED). 1395 <i>It. pro factura xj sellarum ... de canwas pro eisdem ... pro whitlethir pro eisdem,</i> Whitby (SS72/614); 1465 <i>1 bar’ de whiteleder tewed</i> [imported from Leith into Hull] (YRS144/83); 1532 <i>one halffe dacre of whit ledder</i>, Fountains Abbey (YRS140/242); 1579 <i>Mr Maior for a pece of whytt leather 6d</i>, Beverley (YRS84/24): 1583 <i>Rec. of the Glovers for 3 haulf hides of whyte leather taken of one dwelling about Skarbrough 10d</i>, Beverley (YRS84/32). Latin texts indicate that it has a much longer history: 1299-1300 <i>In albo coreo</i>, <i>cordis … et canabo</i>, Bolton Priory (YRS154/106). See taw, whittawer.

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