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Brotherton Collection7
Medieval Manuscripts7

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books of hours3
manuscripts, latin (medieval and modern)3

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Catholic Church3
Braddyll Family1

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Floral border (fol. 83r)
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Floral border (fol. 83r)

[ca. 1450-1500]

4-line initial 'G' in gold, on red/blue background, infilled with an aroid flower. Floral border composed of hairline tendrils connecting trefoils, golden pine cones, small green leaves, a large aroid...

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

[ca.1480-1500]

With vertical catchwords. Decoration: 24 Calendar miniatures with illuminated borders of naturalistic flowers, birds (particularly peacocks) and insects on a yellow gold ground. 18 pages with framed...

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

Braddyll family

[ca. 1470-1480]

f. iii is a medieval flyleaf. Decoration: 1 full-page miniature depicting the burial service and 1 smaller miniature of the Virgin and Child, defaced in the Reformation period, and partially repaint...

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Psalm 24 (fol. 91r)
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Psalm 24 (fol. 91r)

[ca. 1440-1460]

Example of a text page with a decorated initial in blue on a gold ground, and infilled with a flower vine, and smaller initials in gold on blue and red grounds. Line-fillers are in the style of the in...

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Floral border (fol. 67r)
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Floral border (fol. 67r)

[ca. 1450-1500]

5-line initial 'D' gold, on red/blue background decorated with white penwork of flowers and leaves. 1/4 bar-frame border in gold and blue which develops into hairlines and vines supporting flowers: ba...

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Gold initial (fol. 14r)
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Gold initial (fol. 14r)

[ca. 1450-1500]

5-line initial 'S' in gold on a red/blue background with white penwork ornamentation of flowers and leaves. The initial extends into a 1/4 bar-frame border in gold and red/blue. The rest of the border...

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

[ca. 1490]

Decoration: 20 full-page miniatures within full architectural borders in gilt. The lower border includes the incipit for each liturgical text. 24 smaller miniatures, as well as 12 Calendar miniatures ...

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