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Notes towards a dictionary of fish names, by Paul Barbier
19--
Notes prepared in the course of research for an unpublished dictionary of names of fishes
WILLIAM RADCLIFFE MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION: LETTERS
1814-1828
Comprising a volume of letters to Radcliffe from C J Doyle, Thomas Dimsdale, Francis Wrangham, Digby Wrangham and William Bentham, mostly from Archdeacon Wrangham relating to Radcliffe's proposed "...
St John (fol. 13r)
[ca. 142-?]
The scenes in the historiated border are: eagle, the symbol of the Evangelist St John; St John; and St John on Patmos, with the devil behind him stealing the ink-well.
Patriarchs and prophets (fol. 26v)
[ca. 1500-1520]
A group of patriarchs and prophets, including (in the foreground) King David with his harp and a crown, and Moses with horns on his head.
Fool biting a loaf (fol. 213r)
[ca. 1260]
Initial 'D' encloses a scene of a fool biting a loaf. The other initial 'D' shows God looking down on sleeping men.