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| People and organisations | Count |
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| Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st Baron (1856-1930) | 158 |
| Baron Brotherton | 96 |
| Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton | 96 |
| Colonel Edward Allen Brotherton | 96 |
| Lord Brotherton | 96 |
| Sir Edward Allen Brotherton | 96 |
| Koberger, Anton (1440-1513) | 14 |
| Koberger, Anton | 10 |
| Catholic Church | 9 |
| Brant, Sebastian (1458-1521) | 8 |
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Three single leaves from medieval liturgical manuscripts
14th century
Comprises: 1) a leaf from a late 14th-century (?) Book of Hours, with a large arched miniature of the Annunciation, in a French style of painting. The miniature is surrounded by a full decorated borde...
[Two half leaves from the first dated Bible]
Fust, Johannes (1400-1466); Schöffer, Peter (1425-1502); Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st baron (1856-1930)
[14 August 1462]
Imprint from ISTC. Printed in two columns with 48 lines to a full column.
Denomination: bronze coin
Date(s): 145-135 BCE
Issuer/creator: Lysias
Material: copper alloy
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...
Prima pars Dictionarij continet dictiones his litteris incipientibus A.B.C.D (v.1)
Bersuire, Pierre (1290-1362); Beckenhub, Johann; Koberger, Anton (1440-1513); Barbier, Paul (1873-1947)
Anno Chr[ist]i.1.4.9.9. mensis Februarij. die quarto. [4 February 1499]
Signatures: volume 1: a-z⁸ aa-kk⁸; volume 2: A-Z⁸ Aa-Rr⁸; volume 3: AA-ZZ⁸ aA-iI⁸. Foliation: volume 1: [3], CCLX, [1] leaves; volume 2: [2], CCCXVII, [1] leaves; volume 3: [2], CCLIIII l...
Legenda aurea sanctorum, by Jacobus de Voragine
de Voragine, Jacobus Archbishop of Genoa (1229-1298)
c.1312
Includes a 13th century manuscript of Josephus and a 13th century Breviary bound into the codex as fly-leaves
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...
Floral border (fol. 278v)
[ca. 1440-1460]
Rinceau border with acanthus leaves, thistles, barbed quatrefoils and trefoils, a rose, and black hairline tendrils with gold balls, ivy leaves and pine cones. Bar-frame border in rose/blue and gold. ...
Incipit pars hyemalis Sermonum Meffreth (Pt.1-2)
Meffreth; Koberger, Anton (1440-1513); Goldschmidt, E Ph; Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st baron (1856-1930)
Salutis anno Millesimoquadringentesimooctuagesimoseptimo.xvj k[a]l[enda]s Marcij. [14 February 1487]
Signatures: a⁸ b-z⁶ [et]⁶ [con]⁸; aa-zz⁶ Aa-Ff⁶ Gg-Hh⁸ Ii-Kk⁶; AA-YY⁶. Part 1: [154] leaves; part 2: [202] leaves; part 3: [132] leaves. Imprint from colophon. Printed in two c...
Adam and Eve (image 3)
[ca. 1461-1483]
The roundel on left shows God instructing Adam and Eve beside the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil (9). The roundel on right depicts God upbraiding Adam and Eve, who kneel in short green skirts (10)...
Floral border (fol. 117v)
[ca. 1440-1460]
Rinceau border with acanthus leaves, thistles, barbed quatrefoils, red berries, bluebells, a trumpet flower, and black hairline tendrils with gold ivy leaves and pine cones. Bar-frame border in rose/b...
Floral border (fol. 29r)
[ca. 1350-1400]
Bar-frame border in blue/ rose and gold. 5-line initial 'D' in pink with white penwork ornamentation, on gold background, infilled with a checked flower design. The floral border is decorated with pop...