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Floral border (fol. 115v)
[ca. 1440-1460]
Rinceau border with acanthus leaves, periwinkles, thistles, barbed quatrefoils, roses, and black hairline tendrils with gold ivy leaves and pine cones. Bar-frame border in rose/blue and gold. 3-line i...
Waterbird and flowers (fol. 115r)
[ca. 1500-1520]
The border is decorated with a large flower with three yellow buds, a barbed quatrefoil, and a waterbird. 7-line initial 'D' infilled with strawberries.
Virgin and Child (fol. 115v)
[ca. 1490]
The Virgin Mary and the Christ Child are depicted in a small miniature.
Denomination: denarius
Date(s): 80-1 AD
Issuer/creator: Titus (79-81)
Place: Rome
Material: silver
Calendar: August (fol. 8r)
[ca. 142-?]
The double-compartment miniature has a man threshing, and the zodiacal sign of Virgo (the virgin). The scenes in the historiated border are: St. Peter holding a key and a book; St. Stephen holding sto...
Wagtail (fol. 20r)
[ca. 1500-1520]
The border is decorated with a wagtail and curved acanthus leaves in various colours. 6-line foliate initial 'L'.
Gift with warranty
2 Feb 1398
1. John Haygharne dwelling in Hethensale 2. Adam de Wenteworth Gift from John to Adam of all right and title to all lands, tenements, rents etc. which John ever had by reason of the grant made to ...
mummy cloth
early 11th-mid 7th Century BCE
Fragment of fine, cream/light brown, plain woven fabric. At one edge are three blue dyed warp thread stripes of 8, 3 and 1 threads (the last stripe is largely unravelled).
Solomon prays for Wisdom (fol. 158r)
[ca. 1260]
Initial 'C' encloses the scene of Solomon praying for wisdom; God appears to him in a dream (?).
Sixth front flyleaf verso (foldout open)
M.cccc.l.xxvii. die primo Iullii. [1 July 1477]