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Medieval Manuscripts8
Brotherton Collection6

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manuscripts, latin (medieval and modern)6
books of hours3
christ1
lectionaries1
passion of christ1

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Catholic Church4
Bede the Venerable, Saint (673-735)1

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Christ before Pilate (fol. 86v)
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Christ before Pilate (fol. 86v)

[ca. 1440-1460]

A group of soldiers bring Christ before Pontius Pilate, the governor of Judaea, to be condemned for crucifixion.

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Foliate initial (fol. 42r)
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Foliate initial (fol. 42r)

[ca. 1100-1150]

5-line initial 'S' composed of foliage, in black outline, touched in red, on a blue and green background.

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[Evangelistarium]
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[Evangelistarium]

[ca. 1480-1520]

Decoration: A large incipit initial in blue with a white pattern, and decorated with a leafy design in red, blue, green and purple, and extending as a floral border in the inner margin. In the lower m...

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

[ca. 1440-1460]

Decoration: 22 full-page miniatures within arched compartments surrounded by full floral borders, and 22 historiated initials. The illuminations are probably by a French artist. Written in textualis...

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Book of Prayers
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[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...

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

[ca. 1450-1500]

The quire signatures (b-o) indicate a missing quire at the beginning of the manuscript (a calendar). Decoration: One full-page miniature (Virgin and Child) and two smaller miniatures. One 4-line his...

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

[ca. 1440-1460]

Decoration: 12 large miniatures in arched compartments surrounded by full borders on parti-coloured grounds divided up into areas of liquid gold and unpainted vellum. Decorated borders throughout the ...

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[In epistolas canonicas]
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[In epistolas canonicas]

Bede the Venerable, Saint (673-735)

[ca. 1100-1150]

Quires numbered at the end. Decoration: 7 large initials on decorated blue, or blue and green grounds, outlined and touched with red. Written in Continental Caroline Minuscule. Principal content...

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