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Total number of records: 45

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Brotherton Collection45
Herbert Read Collection12

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illumination of books and manuscripts45
manuscripts14
books of hours8
bookbinding5
manuscripts, latin5
painting5
antiques3
art dealers3
bibliography3
book collectors3

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Flanders1
Italy1

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Catholic Church7
Leroquais, Victor (1875-1948)5
Beatty, Sir Alfred Chester (1875-1968)4
Bibliotheque Nationale (France). Departement Des Manuscrits4
British Museum. Department of Manuscripts4
Herbert, J A (1862-1948)4
Leroquais, Victor4
Millar, Eric George4
Dibdin, Thomas Frognall (1776-1847)3
Gilson, J P (1868-1929)3

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From 190035

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The Legend of Saint Ursula and her companions : with illuminated minatures taken from the Church of S. Ursula at Cologne

Hatfield, Edmund; Worde, Wynkyn de (1534); Dutron, J B

1869

Probably an English translation of J.B. Dutron's "La légende de Sainte Ursule et de ses onze mille vièrges d'après les anciens tableaux de l'Èglise de Sainte-Ursule à Cologne", Paris, 1860. In bo...

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Les très riches heures du duc de Berry (Musée Condé à Chantilly)

Porcher, Jean; Limbourg, Pol de (1385-1416); Colombe, Jean (fl. 1463-1498)

[1950]

Miniatures by the brothers Jean, Herman and Pol de Limbourg under the direction of Pol; completed by Jean Colombe.

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Sotheby's 217th season : October 1960-July 1961

Sotheby & Co. (London, England)

[1961]

Illustrated endpapers.

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Illuminated manuscripts : their origin, history and characteristics : a sketch

Quaile, Edward

1897

"With twenty-six examples from books of hours in his possession."

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Les Belles heures du Duc de Berry

Berry, Jean de France duc de (1340-1416); Freeman, Margaret B; Rorimer, James J (1905-1966); Catholic Church

[1959]

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Persian painting

Gray, Basil (1904-1989)

1930

Bibliography: pages 91-92.

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Illuminated manuscripts in the Bodleian Library Oxford

Pächt, Otto (1902-1988); Alexander, J J G (1935-); Bodleian Library

1966

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The Art of the French book from early manuscripts to the present time

Lejard, André (1899-)

[1947]

"This book is based on the world-famous collection in the Bibliothèque nationale in Paris". Bibliography: p. 165-166.

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Les livres d'heures manuscrits de la Bibliothèque nationale (v.1)

Leroquais, Victor (1875-1948); Bibliothèque Nationale (France). Département des manuscrits

1927

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