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Letters on various subjects written at school by Fanny Oates, Midsummer 1853
Oates, Fanny
1853
Six school exercises, four of them in the form of letters addressed to members of her family on the following subjects: (1) Discovery of America; (3) Mount Carmel; (5) On the invention of the art of p...
[Biblical and genealogical chronicle from Adam and Eve to Louis XI of France]
[ca. 1461-1483]
Decoration: 64 miniatures within roundels with toothed edges, 58-83 mm in diameter. 7-line incipit initial 'C' in blue on decorated gold ground. 4-line initials in gold, on pink and blue grounds patte...
WILLIAM RADCLIFFE MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION: PEDIGREES
1800-1819
Comprising several pedigrees of the Beaumont family, tricks and quarterings of arms with a number of original letters to Radcliffe from R H and J Beaumont of Whitley Hall, Kirkheaton
The Creation (image 1)
[ca. 1461-1483]
Six roundels depicting God's creation: the separation of sky and earth (1), creation of trees and plants (2), creation of waters and fishes (3), creation of animals (4), creation of angels (5), and th...
Destruction of Troy (image 10)
[ca. 1461-1483]
The largest roundel depicts the destruction of Troy, showing the broken towers and walls of the city. The four roundels below it have four ships filled with soldiers, and identified with four Trojan h...
Adam and Eve (image 2)
[ca. 1461-1483]
The roundel at the top left shows God creating Eve from Adam's rib (7). The roundel below it shows God instructing Adam and Eve beside the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. The roundel at the top ri...
Adam and Eve (image 3)
[ca. 1461-1483]
The roundel on left shows God instructing Adam and Eve beside the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil (9). The roundel on right depicts God upbraiding Adam and Eve, who kneel in short green skirts (10)...
The labours of Adam (image 4)
[ca. 1461-1483]
The roundel shows Adam in agricultural activity: he is depicted with a raised mattock (11).
Noah's Ark (image 5)
[ca. 1461-1483]
The roundel shows Noah walking up the gangplank to his ark, in which can be seen two donkeys, two bears, two ducks and a goose (12).
Tower of Babel (image 6)
[ca. 1461-1483]
The roundel on the left shows Abraham, seated on a throne (14). The roundel on the right depicts the building of the tower of Babel, showing two men laying bricks and another one carrying more up the ...
Genealogical tables (image 7)
[ca. 1461-1483]
Part of the genealogical network that follows throughout the manuscript, names written within red circles, here progressing down from Abraham and Isaac. Several initials in gold on blue/red background...