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Total number of records: 39

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Brotherton Collection27
Medieval Manuscripts17
Herbert Read Collection2
Ripon Cathedral2
Incunabula1

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books of hours39
manuscripts, latin (medieval and modern)18
illumination of books and manuscripts14
manuscripts, latin6
illumination of books and manuscripts, french4
manuscripts4
breviaries3
art, medieval1
artistic collaboration1
english poetry1

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Catholic Church31
Leroquais, Victor (1875-1948)5
Bibliotheque Nationale (France). Departement Des Manuscrits4
Leroquais, Victor4
Musee Conde4
Berry, Jean De France, Duc De, 1340-14163
Colombe, Jean3
Colombe, Jean (1498-)3
Durrieu, Paul Comte (1855-1925)3
Limbourg, Pol De3

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Illuminated manuscripts : their origin, history and characteristics : a sketch

Quaile, Edward

1897

"With twenty-six examples from books of hours in his possession."

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The Sobieski Hours : a manuscript in the Royal Library at Windsor Castle

Spencer, Eleanor Patterson; Master of the Bedford Book of hours; Catholic Church; Roxburghe Club

c1977

"Dedicated and presented to the President and members of the Roxburghe Club by Robin Mackworth-Young." Includes reproductions of all miniatures of the ms., by 3 illuminators identified as the Bedfor...

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Three single leaves from medieval liturgical manuscripts
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Three single leaves from medieval liturgical manuscripts

14th century

Comprises: 1) a leaf from a late 14th-century (?) Book of Hours, with a large arched miniature of the Annunciation, in a French style of painting. The miniature is surrounded by a full decorated borde...

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Three single leaves from medieval liturgical manuscripts

Comprises: 1) a leaf from a late 14th-century (?) Book of Hours, with a large arched miniature of the Annunciation, in a French style of painting. The miniature is surrounded by a full decorated borde...

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The Madresfield Hours : a fourteenth-century manuscript in the library of Earl Beauchamp

Backhouse, Janet; Beauchamp, William Lygon earl (1903-); Roxburghe Club

1975

Described by Janet Backhouse.

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Art in a time of war : the Master of Morgan 453 and manuscript illumination in Paris during the English occupation (1419-1435)

Clark, Gregory T (1951-)

[2016]

"Art in a Time of War seeks to fill an important gap in our knowledge of painting in fifteenth-century France. Focusing on the work of "the Master of Morgan 453," an accomplished, if unnamed, manuscri...

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Un livre d'heures de Jean sans Peur, duc de Bourgogne (1404-1419)

Leroquais, Victor (1875-1948); John Duke of Burgundy, the Fearless (1371-1419)

1939

The manuscript is now in the Bibliothèque nationale recorded as "manuscrit latin, nouvelles acquistions 3055." cf. p. 74.

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Les très belles Heures de Notre-Dame du duc Jean de Berry

Durrieu, Paul Comte (1855-1925); Berry, Jean de France duc de (1340-1416); Rothschild, Maurice Baron de (1881-)

1922

Issued in portfolio. Description of a manuscript belonging to Maurice de Rothschild. "Celles de mes publications que je citerai": p. 104-105.

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[Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis]
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[Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis]

[ca. 1480-1500]

Decoration: 4 full-page arched miniatures within borders decorated with flowers, curled leaves, berries and putti. There are fine 3 to 4-line illuminated initials, on gold grounds and infilled with fl...

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Les très riches Heures de Jean de France, duc de Berry (plates)

Durrieu, Paul Comte (1855-1925); Limbourg, Pol de (1385-1416); Colombe, Jean (fl. 1463-1498)

1904

At head of title: Chantilly. Limited edition of 300 numbered copies. The manuscript is in the Bibliothèque of the Musée Condé, Chantilly (ms. 65).

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Les très riches Heures de Jean de France, duc de Berry

Durrieu, Paul Comte (1855-1925); Limbourg, Pol de (1385-1416); Colombe, Jean (fl. 1463-1498)

1904

At head of title: Chantilly. Limited edition of 300 numbered copies. The manuscript is in the Bibliothèque of the Musée Condé, Chantilly (ms. 65).

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