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| People and organisations | Count |
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| Catholic Church | 16 |
| Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st Baron (1856-1930) | 8 |
| Baron Brotherton | 5 |
| Colonel Edward Allen Brotherton | 5 |
| Lord Brotherton | 5 |
| Sir Edward Allen Brotherton | 5 |
| Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton | 4 |
| Corallus, Stephanus | 3 |
| Crawford, William Horatio (1815?-1888) | 3 |
| Eck, Leonhard Von (1480-1550) | 3 |
[Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis]
Clifton family
[late 14th century, possibly before 1389]
The original total of leaves is likely to have been 118, with the majority of the missing leaves likely to have contained illuminations and been cut out in post-medieval times. Decoration: Three 8 t...
[Breviarium Eboracense, etc.]
Kirkby, John Bishop of Ely (1290); Hildyard family
[ca. 1440-1460; 1518; 1550-1600]
Decoration: 2-line initials in blue with red penwork ornamentation (ff. 6-16). Written in textualis quadrata (ff. 6-16), bastard (f. 17r) textualis rotunda (f. 17v), and chancery hand (ff. 18r-71r)....
[Breviarium ad Usum Parisiensem]
[ca. 1440-1460]
Decoration: 27 large arched miniatures, seven historiated 9-line initials, and several 1-4-line decorated initials and line-fillers throughout. Fine rinceaux border throughout the manuscript. Dr J. J....
[Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis]
[ca. 1440-1460]
Decoration: 22 full-page miniatures within arched compartments surrounded by full floral borders, and 22 historiated initials. The illuminations are probably by a French artist. Written in textualis...
[Psalterium]
[1418]
A leaf missing before f. 14. A raised pastedown (f. 190) with the text in the form of absolution on recto, and part of a licence on verso. Decoration: 2 to 3-line initials in blue with elaborate red...
[Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis]
[ca. 1404-1425]
Decoration: 16 large (5-8-line) initials in blue and pink with white tracery, infilled with flowers, on gold grounds, and within full borders, of gold and vine bars decorated with acanthus leaves and ...
[Aurora]
Petrus Riga; Hugh of Saint-Victor (1096?-1141)
[ca. 1140-1160; 1180-1220]
Leaves are missing after ff. 24 and 34, with gaps in the text; ends imperfectly. Written in protogothic minuscule. On long-term deposit from Ripon Cathedral. A letter (1954) about the manuscript...
[Sermons, etc.]
Henricus de Frimaria
[1444-1481 ?]
Bound in a composite volume with three printed works. Red highlighting on ff. 37r-40r, 49r, and 95r-107r. Written in German cursive, by nine different scribes. Bound with three 15th-century publ...
[Beverley prayer book]
[ca. 1425]
Front flyleaves: [i-ii] modern vellum, i-iv paper, [vii-viii] modern vellum. Rear flyleaves are modern vellum. Catchwords for each quire are in scroll cartouches. Decoration: 3 full-page coats of ar...
[Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis]
[ca. 1440-1460]
Decoration: 12 large miniatures in arched compartments surrounded by full borders on parti-coloured grounds divided up into areas of liquid gold and unpainted vellum. Decorated borders throughout the ...
[Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis]
[1450-1500]
Decoration: 14 arched full-page miniatures over four lines of text and within full decorated borders in designs of curled leaves, flowers, birds and grotesques. Gold is used for highligting in the min...