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Notebook belonging to Blanche Legat Leigh

c. 1880

Comprises: i) untitled or unattributed music (14 ff.); ii) newspaper cuttings of 'Scientific notes' (11 ff.); iii) verse, further music, and printed cuttings on religious or philosophical subjects (10...

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A man and a monster (fol. 27v)
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A man and a monster (fol. 27v)

[ca. 142-?]

The historiated border includes a man carrying a basket full of bread or potatoes; and a grotesque in the form of a camel with (partly) bird's legs and a man's head with a large nose. The grotesque is...

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Floral border (fol. 42v)
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Floral border (fol. 42v)

[ca. 1470-1480]

Bar-frame border in gold and in rose/blue acanthus vine that extends into the border in curved leaves and hairline tendrils that carry poppyheads, heart motifs, gold pine cones and gold balls with gre...

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Two figures discussing (fol. 386v)
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Two figures discussing (fol. 386v)

[ca. 1260]

Initial 'E' encloses a scene of two figures in discussion, with one holding a book.

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