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Medieval Manuscripts55
Brotherton Collection54
Ripon Cathedral1

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virgin mary55
christ27
saints22
birth and youth of christ15
angels14
birds12
animals10
holy ghost (as dove)8
passion of christ7
fabulous animals6

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Presentation of the Virgin (fol. 136v)
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Presentation of the Virgin (fol. 136v)

[ca. 1440-1460]

Initial 'S' inhabited with the Virgin Mary, blessed by the High Priest.

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Virgin Mary and St. John (fol. 145r)
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Virgin Mary and St. John (fol. 145r)

[ca. 1440-1460]

Virgin Mary, comforted by St. John.

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Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (fol. 221r)
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Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (fol. 221r)

[ca. 1440-1460]

The Virgin Mary is lifted up to heaven by two angels. Four apostles kneel in prayer underneath.

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Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary (fol. 227v)
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Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary (fol. 227v)

[ca. 1440-1460]

The miniature depicts St Anne, seated in bed under a pink and green canopy, holding the Virgin Mary (who is crowned), wrapped in white swaddling clothes. A maid stans ready to wrap the child in a whit...

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Virgin and Child (fol. 143r)
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Virgin and Child (fol. 143r)

[1450-1475]

The Virgin and Child are depicted in a mandorla. The Virgin stands on a moon crescent, and wears a rosary in her hair.

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Virgin and Child (fol. 120r)
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Virgin and Child (fol. 120r)

[ca. 1440-1460]

Initial 'S' (Salue virgo virginum stella matutina) inhabited with the Virgin and Child.

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Virgin and Christ (fol. 126v)
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Virgin and Christ (fol. 126v)

[ca. 1440-1460]

Initial 'O' (O intemerata et in eternum benedicta) inhabited with the Virgin Mary, holding the body of the crucified Christ.

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Virgin Mary and St. John (fol. 35r)
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Virgin Mary and St. John (fol. 35r)

[ca. 1440-1460]

The initial 'O' is historiated with the Virgin Mary and St. John in prayer.

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The Visitation (fol. 64v)
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The Visitation (fol. 64v)

[ca. 1440-1460]

St. Elizabeth kneels and touches the swollen stomach of her cousin, the Virgin Mary. A hilly landscape and a town appear in the background. Golden rays descend from the sky.

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Calendar: July (fol. 7v)
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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...

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The Crucifixion of Christ (fol. 28r)
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The Crucifixion of Christ (fol. 28r)

[1450-1475]

Christ crucified on the cross, while St. John and Mary Magdalene support the Virgin Mary. A centurion, converted to Christianity at the cross, holds a scroll that reads "Vere Filius Dei erat iste ... ...

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The Visitation (fol. 60v)
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The Visitation (fol. 60v)

[1450-1475]

The Virgin Mary and her cousin, St. Elizabeth, embrace. A small dog appears in the doorway of the house behind them.

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