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Cest le liure des fays des Romains conpille en[sem]ble de la [...]uste et de suetoyne et du lucain [...]
[1440-1460]
The outer columns of text on ff. 6-10 are lacking. Columns are numbered with modern pencil throughout, 1-975. Decoration: 6-line incipit initial 'A' in red and green, decorated with red pen-orname...
[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....
LETTERS WRITTEN TO RALPH THORESBY
1679-1723
Includes a letter from Thoresby to John Evelyn, portraits and miscellaneous items.
King David (fol. 10r)
[ca. 1440-1460]
Depicted in the miniature is King David playing the harp, surrounded by books and a stringed instrument.
Floral border (fol. 115v)
[ca. 1440-1460]
Rinceau border with acanthus leaves, periwinkles, thistles, barbed quatrefoils, roses, and black hairline tendrils with gold ivy leaves and pine cones. Bar-frame border in rose/blue and gold. 3-line i...
Floral border (fol. 117v)
[ca. 1440-1460]
Rinceau border with acanthus leaves, thistles, barbed quatrefoils, red berries, bluebells, a trumpet flower, and black hairline tendrils with gold ivy leaves and pine cones. Bar-frame border in rose/b...
Floral border (fol. 118v)
[ca. 1440-1460]
Rinceau border in the upper and lower borders with pimpernels, acanthus leaves, barbed quatrefoils and trefoils, red berries, a trumpet flower, a daisy head, a thistle, and black hairline tendrils wit...
Burial of the Dead (fol. 120r)
[ca. 1440-1460]
The miniature depicts two men lowering a body wrapped in white cloth into a tomb, while members of the clergy give blessings and mourners look on. An angel takes the dead man's soul up to God, while ...