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Brotherton Collection5
Medieval Manuscripts5

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fruits1
holy ghost (as dove)1

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Holy Spirit (fol. 75v)
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Holy Spirit (fol. 75v)

[ca. 1440-1460]

Initial 'U' inhabited with Holy Spirit, depicted as a dove with a halo. From the initial two hairline tendrils spring that hold gold balls and poppyheads.

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Decorated initials (fol. 81r)
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Decorated initials (fol. 81r)

[1450-1475]

Decorated initials 'I' and 'A' in blue and red patterned with white, decorated with trefoils, on burnished gold grounds. Black hairline tendrils spring from the initials, holding gold balls, pine cone...

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Initial 'I' and 'L' (fol. 40v)
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Initial 'I' and 'L' (fol. 40v)

[ca. 1490 and ca. 1500-1510]

Initial 'I' made up of two branches entwined and with small springs of leaves, in blue on a green ground. Initial 'L' in gold leaf, on a red and blue ground, infilled with white pen-ornament.

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Floral border (fol. 151v)
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Floral border (fol. 151v)

[ca. 1440-1460]

Rinceau border with cranberries, blueberries, acanthus leaves and speedwells in the upper and lower margin. A column border in the middle of the page is composed of a bar-frame of gold and blue/pink v...

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Floral border (fol. 124v)
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Floral border (fol. 124v)

[ca. 1440-1460]

The 'Subvenite sancti Dei' begins with a 3-line initial 'S' in blue on a gold ground. The border in the upper and lower margins is in designs of little coloured flowers and leaves among burnished gold...

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