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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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(Limn-,) Lymninge, -yng, vbl. n. Also: Liming. [e.m.E. limning, lymning, -ynge (c 1485), f. limn(e, lymne v. (15th c.). altered f. lumine v.: cf. Lumining.] a. The illuminating of a manuscript. b. Portrait-painting. —1512 Treas. Acc. IV. 340.
In … payment of lymnyng [Ib. 358, lynyng, ? ly[m]nyng] of ane gret parchment portuse … with lettrez of gold and asure 16..
Inv. of Pictures in Hamilton Mun. MS. 65.
One little peice of lymninge with 2 heads, one of Prince Henry and the other of Queene Anne of Isake Oliver
