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Floral border (fol. 7r)

Archive Piece: Ripon Cathedral MS 9/1 Contains digital media

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Type of record: Archive

Title: Floral border (fol. 7r)

Other titles: Textualis Semi-quadrata

Level: Piece

Classmark: Ripon Cathedral MS 9/1

Date(s): [ca. 1350-1400]

Language: Latin

Manifest: https://iiif.library.leeds.ac.uk/presentation/cc/kj32pxtr

Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/373467

Collection group(s): Ripon Cathedral | Medieval Manuscripts

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Filigree band border in blue and rose, on gold background. 5-line initial 'D' in blue with white penwork ornamentation, on gold background, infilled with entwined vine with flowers, shaped as a heart. The floral border is decorated with poppyheads, quatrefoils, daisy heads, trumpet flowers, acanthus leaves, and hairline tendrils carrying golden balls, ivy leaves and pine cones.


Context: Hours of the Virgin: Matins: Domine labia mea aperies

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