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King David (fol. 21r)
[ca. 142-?]
The arched miniature depicts King David knewith God, with a tripartite halo, appearing to him in the sky. There is a rocky landscape, and a watermill on the opposite river bank. Borders of ...
An eagle-lion and a bear (fol. 21v)
[ca. 142-?]
The historiated border includes a grotesque in the form of an eagle-lion, and a bear with a roller tied around its neck.
Calendar: November (fol. 11r)
[ca. 142-?]
The double-compartment miniature has a man knocking acorns out of oak-trees, and the zodiacal sign of Sagittarius (the archer). The scenes in the historiated border are: a corpse lying on a bed (All S...
King David (fol. 10r)
[ca. 1440-1460]
Depicted in the miniature is King David playing the harp, surrounded by books and a stringed instrument.
Two clerics (fol. 196v)
[ca. 1260]
Initial 'P' encloses a scene of two clerics standing in front of a lectern. The border has a hyena-like animal.
De officiis
Cicero, Marcus Tullius
[12th century]
Ff. 39-41 were written by a later, possibly 14th-century, hand. Annotations throughout the manuscript are written in three different hands. Decoration: a 2-line initial in red begins the first book ...
[Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis]
[ca. 142-?]
Four gatherings of 12 (Calendar), 8, 8 and 8. Leaves missing after the first two gatherings (Calendar; Gospel Sequences and Obsecro te) and the last two gatherings (Penitential psalms; Penitential psa...
Floral border (fol. 157r)
[ca. 1470-1480]
1/4 bar-frame border in gold and in rose/blue acanthus vine that extends into the border in hairline tendrils that carry poppyheads, curved leaves, and gold balls with green lobes. 5-line rose/blue in...
[Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis]
Clifton family
[late 14th century, possibly before 1389]
The original total of leaves is likely to have been 118, with the majority of the missing leaves likely to have contained illuminations and been cut out in post-medieval times. Decoration: Three 8 t...
Miscellany of Middle English religious verse and prose
[ca. 1450s]
Decoration: 2 to 3-line initials in red with pen ornamentation in brown. Capitals touched in red. Catchwords in cartouches. Occasional pointing hand. Written in anglicana (main text) and anglicana f...
[Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis]
[ca.1480-1500]
With vertical catchwords. Decoration: 24 Calendar miniatures with illuminated borders of naturalistic flowers, birds (particularly peacocks) and insects on a yellow gold ground. 18 pages with framed...
[Beverley prayer book]
[ca. 1425]
Front flyleaves: [i-ii] modern vellum, i-iv paper, [vii-viii] modern vellum. Rear flyleaves are modern vellum. Catchwords for each quire are in scroll cartouches. Decoration: 3 full-page coats of ar...