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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...
Two men in prayer (fol. 36r)
[ca. 142-?]
The historiated border includes a man praying with a book, and a man praying with a book on a lectern.
StJerome (fol. 247v)
[ca. 1440-1460]
St Jerome, seated in a chamber, reading a book on a lectern , with a lion, his attribute. Three books and a scroll lie on the shelves behind.
Calendar: August (fol. 8r)
[ca. 142-?]
The double-compartment miniature has a man threshing, and the zodiacal sign of Virgo (the virgin). The scenes in the historiated border are: St. Peter holding a key and a book; St. Stephen holding sto...
King David (fol. 77v)
[ca. 1440-1460]
The historiated initial depicts King David writing in a book in his study, with God appearing to him in a cloud above. David's harp and another book lie near him.
St. Peter (fol. 134v)
[ca. 1490 and ca. 1500-1510]
The border shows St. Peter holding a book and a key. Inside the initial Christ also holds a book. A pink and a pansy also decorate the border.
Calendar: June (fol. 6v)
[ca. 142-?]
The scenes in the historiated border are: an unidentified pope or bishop with a mitre and a crosier; St Gervase holding a book and St Protase holding a palm of martyrdom; the birth of John the Baptist...
Calendar: August (fol. 8v)
[ca. 142-?]
The scenes in the historiated border are: the Virgin Mary, clad in a blue dress and a gold belt, holding a book and a palm branch; St. Bartholomew the Apostle holding a book and a tanner's knife; King...
St. Paul (fol. 29v)
[ca. 1500-1520]
St. Paul with a book and a sword, an instrument of his martyrdom.
St Nicholas (fol. 256v)
[ca. 1440-1460]
St Nicholas is seen standing in episcopal vestments in front of a tub with three boys in it, whom he saved, according to legend. Behind him is a table with two books, with another book open on a lect...
Calendar: July (fol. 7v)
[ca. 142-?]
The scenes in the historiated border are: an unidentified bishop; St Mary Magdalen holding a book and an ointment jar; St. Christopher carrying Christ across the stream, and St. James the Great, hold...