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manuscripts, latin (medieval and modern)3
animals2
books of hours2
christ2
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birth and youth of christ1
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Nativity (fol. 127r)
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Nativity (fol. 127r)

[ca. 1440-1460]

The miniature depicts the scene of the Nativity in the stable. The Virgin Mary is dressed in a blue gown and a cloak decorated in gold, her arms crossed on her chest, and looking down at the Christ C...

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Floral border (fol. 127r)
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Floral border (fol. 127r)

[ca. 1404-1425]

Full bar-frame border in gold and in rose/blue with, at the corners, clusters of acanthus leaves and aroid flowers. From the border clusters of spray penwork extend gold balls with green squiggles. 7-...

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Christ with musicians (fol. 127v)
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Christ with musicians (fol. 127v)

[ca. 1490 and ca. 1500-1510]

Christ, holding a globe, raises his hnad in blessing. Two musicians (angels?) play recorders. A 4-line foliate initial 'G' encloses a blue flower.

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St Luke (fol. 14r)
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St Luke (fol. 14r)

[ca. 142-?]

The scenes in the historiated border are: a grotesque in the form of a green bird with a head of a bearded old man; the ox, the symbol of the Evangelist St Luke; St Luke copying a manuscript from an e...

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St. Paul (fol. 29v)
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St. Paul (fol. 29v)

[ca. 1500-1520]

St. Paul with a book and a sword, an instrument of his martyrdom.

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Book of Prayers
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[Beverley prayer book]

[ca. 1425]

Front flyleaves: [i-ii] modern vellum, i-iv paper, [vii-viii] modern vellum. Rear flyleaves are modern vellum. Catchwords for each quire are in scroll cartouches. Decoration: 3 full-page coats of ar...

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

[ca. 1404-1425]

Decoration: 16 large (5-8-line) initials in blue and pink with white tracery, infilled with flowers, on gold grounds, and within full borders, of gold and vine bars decorated with acanthus leaves and ...

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[Breviarium ad Usum Parisiensem]
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[Breviarium ad Usum Parisiensem]

[ca. 1440-1460]

Decoration: 27 large arched miniatures, seven historiated 9-line initials, and several 1-4-line decorated initials and line-fillers throughout. Fine rinceaux border throughout the manuscript. Dr J. J....

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