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Dragons (fol. 141v)
[ca. 1450-1500]
3-line initial 'I' in gold on a blue/red background decorated with white penwork ornamentation of fleur de lis. A bar-frame column border in gold and blue, which extends in the upper border into a vin...
Funeral service (fol. 141r)
[ca. 1480-1500]
The miniature shows a priest clad in a decorative cloak and holding a candle, while chaplains hold a bowl, a book and a cross. Mourners on the right are dressed in black. The coffin is covered with a ...
Leaves and flowers (fol. 141v)
[ca. 1500-1520]
The border is decorated with acanthus leaves and a periwinkle. 7-line foliate initial 'G'.
The Crucifixion of Christ (fol. 141r)
[ca. 1440-1460]
Initial 'O' inhabited with Christ crucified to the cross.
Lease for 141 years of a free 'meese steade'
29 Sep 1583
1 William Middleton of Stockeld 2 Richard Waters of Askewith, clothier for £60 fine or 'gressame' and 20s. per year rent
The Three Crosses at the Crucifixion (fol. 141v)
[ca. 1440-1460]
Initial 'T' inhabited with the three crosses on Mount Golgotha.
Lease for 141 years of two messuages or farmholds and land
16 Nov 1583
1 William Middleton of Stockeld, esquire 2 William Sykes of Askwith, yeoman Consideration: £240 and annual rent of 43s 4d; with covenant to suffer a recovery of the property within five years ...
Denomination: denarius
Date(s): 103-11
Issuer/creator: Trajan (98-117)
Place: Rome
Material: silver
DEEDS MAINLY RELATING TO SNAITH AREA
14th century-15th century
Relating to Balne, Carlton [parish of Snaith], Cowick, Drax, Gowdall, Heck, Hensall, Sessay, Snaith and elsewhere. Some of these are published in YRS 120 (1953). A note with the deeds reads: "From C....
King David (fol. 21r)
[ca. 142-?]
The arched miniature depicts King David knewith God, with a tripartite halo, appearing to him in the sky. There is a rocky landscape, and a watermill on the opposite river bank. Borders of ...
Initial 'O' (fol. 4v)
[ca. 1450-1500]
Red initial 'O' with foliate infill in pink, green and ochre, on a blue ground. Pasted in from another (13th-century?) manuscript.