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Yorkshire Dialect Boundaries Map: Cow
Röhrer, Fritz
[1950s-1960s]
Ms. map of Yorkshire showing the southern limit of the Northern England dialect form of Cow (SED question III.3.1), and the northern limit of the Midland dialect form of Cow. The map was compiled by F...
Face and a hyena (fol. 378r)
[ca. 1260]
The prologue initial 'Q' is infilled with a male face in profile; the descender of the letter is formed from a hyena-type animal.
Yorkshire Dialect Boundaries Map: Foal
Röhrer, Fritz
[1950s-1960s]
Ms. map of Yorkshire, mapping Northern England and Midland forms of dialect words for Foal (SED question III.4.1). The map was compiled by Fritz Röhrer in 1950.
SED Phonological Map: Chickens
[1960s-mid-1970s]
Experimental printed phonological map for SED question IV.6.11, Chickens (i.e. young hens) mapping responses with unstressed vowel forms. The map is labelled as a draft.
SED Phonological Map: Birds
[Mid-1960s-mid-1970s]
Experimental printed map of the East Midlands and East Anglia, completed in ms., for SED question IV.6.1, Birds, mapping vowel forms. The map is initialled C. G., and dated October 1965.
SED Word Map: Newt
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)
[1960s-mid-1970s]
Experimental printed word map, completed in ms., for SED question IV.9.8, Newt, mapping the limits of the responses Ask/Asker and (N)ewt. At the base of the map is an ms. note on OE forms. The map was...
St Luke (fol. 14r)
[ca. 142-?]
The scenes in the historiated border are: a grotesque in the form of a green bird with a head of a bearded old man; the ox, the symbol of the Evangelist St Luke; St Luke copying a manuscript from an e...
St. Matthew, the Evangelist (fol. 16r)
[ca. 1490]
The full-page miniature shows St. Matthew, the Evangelist, copying a manuscript from another held by an angel, his symbol. The border is formed from architectural columns supporting two male statues. ...
Three Living and Three Dead (fol. 85r)
[ca. 1490]
The full-page miniature shows three kings on horseback confronted by three corpses, a 'memento mori' subject sometimes known as the Three Living and the Three Dead. The border is formed from architect...
Flight to Egypt (fol. 60v)
[ca. 1490]
The full-page miniature shows the Virgin Mary, Joseph and the Christ Child on their way to Egypt through a hilly landscape, Mary riding on an ass. The border is formed from architectural pillars suppo...
SED Word Map: Newt
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)
[1960s-mid-1970s]
Experimental printed word map, completed in ms. in colour, for SED question IV.9.8, Newt, mapping the western limit of the response Ask/Asker, and the northern limit of n-less Newt. At the base of the...
SED Phonological Map: Foal
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)
[Mid-1960s-mid-1970s]
Experimental printed phonological map of the Northern Counties, completed in ms., for SED question III.6.1, Foal, mapping the various vowel forms. The map is headed Survey of English Dialects: Norther...