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Calendar: January (fol. 1r)
[ca. 142-?]
The double-compartment miniature has Janus looking in both directions while dining, and the zodiacal sign of Aquarius (the water carrier). The scenes in the historiated border are: the stoning of St S...
Jerome (fol. 2r)
[ca. 1260]
Initial 'F' encloses the scene of St. Jerome writing, holding a quill and a sharpening knife. He wears a tonsure, a black cape and white garments. The margin contains a stork-like bird and a head of a...
Annunciation to the Virgin
14th century
A large arched miniature of the Annunciation, in a French style of painting. The angel Gabriel announces the birth of Christ to the Virgin Mary. Gabriel holds a scroll with the words "Ave gracia ...
Calendar: June (fol. 6r)
[ca. 142-?]
The double-compartment miniature has a man making hay, and the zodiacal sign of Cancer (the crab). The historiated border has St Barnabas the Apostle holding a book and an axe; and two unidentified bi...
Birds and flowers (fol. 1r)
[ca. 1500-1520]
The gold-wash border is decorated with pinks, borage, strawberries, buttercups, forgetmenot, lungwort (?), periwinkle, beetles, birds, ladybirds and a butterfly. 11-line foliate initial 'H' formed of ...
cuneiform tablet
No date
A pink clay cuneiform tablet broken into two pieces and with a corner missing. Dark staining on the join suggests it had been glued back together. Some script seen on one side, mostly on the smaller s...
Estreat
1552
Miles Bentley surrendered a messuage croft and garden in Heptonstall then in his own tenure, to use of William Kynge and Richard Drapor.
Award
13 Dec 1514
Of Robert Sutcliff of Mayrode, Thomas Grenwod of Grenwodlee, Thomas Nailer of Waddesworth and James Oldfeld of Warley, arbitrators appointed by Henry Draper of Waddesworth and Elsabeth his wife daught...
Grant in frankalmoign of land in Burley
[13th century]
1 Roger son of Robert de Burley 2 God and St Mary and the monks of Kirkstall Property: two and a half acres of land in Burley lying between Westleia and the rood of Andrew Witnesses: Eudo de L...