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Brotherton Collection4
Medieval Manuscripts4

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manuscripts, latin (medieval and modern)2
books of hours1
english poetry1
fabulous animals1
prayer-books1
saints1

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Catholic Church2
Clifton Family1

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Confessors (fol. 159r)
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Confessors (fol. 159r)

[1450-1475]

The miniature shows a group of confessors, with one of them holding a ladder.

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Monsters and grotesques (fol. 30r)
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Monsters and grotesques (fol. 30r)

[ca. 142-?]

The historiated border includes a grotesque with a woman's head wearing a head-dress and with a lion's lower body walking with a stick (tau cross), and a wyvern-like grotesque.

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[Preces]
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[Preces]

[ca. 1500-1520]

ff. iii, 214-218 are contemporary ruled vellum flyleaves. Decoration: 8 full-page borders in designs of flowers, birds and insects on decorated gold ground. 11-line (or smaller), initials throughout...

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[Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis]
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[Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis]

Clifton family

[late 14th century, possibly before 1389]

The original total of leaves is likely to have been 118, with the majority of the missing leaves likely to have contained illuminations and been cut out in post-medieval times. Decoration: Three 8 t...

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