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| People and organisations | Count |
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| Catholic Church | 18 |
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| Bede the Venerable, Saint (673-735) | 1 |
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| Bonaventura Saint, Cardinal (1217-1274) | 1 |
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Medieval Manuscripts (Brotherton Collection)
1100-1499
Leeds University Library holds medieval manuscripts dating from the 12th to the 15th century.
Three single leaves from medieval liturgical manuscripts
14th century
Comprises: 1) a leaf from a late 14th-century (?) Book of Hours, with a large arched miniature of the Annunciation, in a French style of painting. The miniature is surrounded by a full decorated borde...
Decorative foliage (fol. 8r)
[ca. 1450-1500]
Interlaced foliage design in pink, green and ochre, on a blue ground. Pasted in from another (13th-century?) manuscript.
Initial 'O' (fol. 4v)
[ca. 1450-1500]
Red initial 'O' with foliate infill in pink, green and ochre, on a blue ground. Pasted in from another (13th-century?) manuscript.
The Seven Works of Mercy (fol. 81r)
[ca. 1450s]
A short prose treatise in Middle English. The text begins halfway down fol.81r of the manuscript.
The Seven Works of Mercy (fol. 81v)
[ca. 1450s]
A short prose treatise in Middle English. The text begins halfway down fol.81r of the manuscript.
Decorative foliage (fol. 117v)
[ca. 1450-1500]
Foliage design in pink, green, red and ochre, and with a small grotesque head, on a blue ground. Pasted in from another (13th-century?) manuscript.
Initial 'O' (fol. 117r)
[ca. 1450-1500]
Blue initial 'O' with white penwork ornamentation, and with foliate infill in blue, green, red and ochre, on a pink ground. Pasted in from another (13th-century?) manuscript.
Initial 'M' (fol. 130r)
[ca. 1450-1500]
Initial 'M', halved in red and blue, with a white outline, infilled with curved foliage in blue, green, and red. Pasted in from another (13th-century?) manuscript.
Initial 'O' (fol. 8v)
[ca. 1450-1500]
Blue initial 'O' with foliate infill in pink, green and ochre, and with two small grotesque heads, on a red ground. Pasted in from another (13th-century?) manuscript.
De officiis
Cicero, Marcus Tullius
[12th century]
Ff. 39-41 were written by a later, possibly 14th-century, hand. Annotations throughout the manuscript are written in three different hands. Decoration: a 2-line initial in red begins the first book ...
Prick of Conscience
[ca. 1380-1420]
19th-century pagination, probably by T. C. Neale. Damp staining on several leaves. Initials: 2 to 3-line initials in red for beginnings of sections. Modern front flyleaves contain extensive 19th...