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Jacobus De Voragine, Archbishop of Genoa (1229-1298)25
Caxton, William18
Caxton, William (1422-1491)18
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Ellis, Frederick Startridge (1830-1901)17
Le Nain De Tillemont, Louis Sebastien (1637-1698)16
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Kelmscott Press6
Augustine Saint, Bishop of Hippo4

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Archive Print Item

The saints in Iceland : their veneration from the conversion to 1400

Cormack, Margaret

1994

Folded map glued in back cover.

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Archive Print Item

Fasti Mariani cum Divorum elogiis in singulos anni dies distributis

Brunner, Andreas (1589-1650); Sodality of the Blessed Virgin Mary

1660

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Calendar: February (fol. 2v)
Archive Piece

Calendar: February (fol. 2v)

[ca. 142-?]

The historiated border has an unidentified bishop; St. Peter, seated, holding a book and his symbol, the key (corresponding to the feast of the Chair of St. Peter, "Cathedra Sancti Petri"); possibly (...

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Calendar: May (fol. 5v)
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Calendar: May (fol. 5v)

[ca. 142-?]

The historiated border includes an unidentified abbot and three unidentified bishops or popes with mitres and crosiers.

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Calendar: June (fol. 6v)
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Calendar: June (fol. 6v)

[ca. 142-?]

The scenes in the historiated border are: an unidentified pope or bishop with a mitre and a crosier; St Gervase holding a book and St Protase holding a palm of martyrdom; the birth of John the Baptist...

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Calendar: August (fol. 8v)
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Calendar: August (fol. 8v)

[ca. 142-?]

The scenes in the historiated border are: the Virgin Mary, clad in a blue dress and a gold belt, holding a book and a palm branch; St. Bartholomew the Apostle holding a book and a tanner's knife; King...

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Calendar: October (fol. 10v)
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Calendar: October (fol. 10v)

[ca. 142-?]

The border is historiated with four saints: an unidentified bishop with a mitre and a crosier; St. Luke the Apostle and Evangelist as an artist; St Jude Thaddeus holding a book and a sword; and (proba...

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Calendar: November (fol. 11v)
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Calendar: November (fol. 11v)

[ca. 142-?]

The scenes in the historiated border are: St. Elizabeth (?) holding a book and a candle; St Clement I holding an anchor; St Catherine of Alexandria holding a spiked wheel and a palm branch; and St. An...

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Jerome (fol. 2r)
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Jerome (fol. 2r)

[ca. 1260]

Initial 'F' encloses the scene of St. Jerome writing, holding a quill and a sharpening knife. He wears a tonsure, a black cape and white garments. The margin contains a stork-like bird and a head of a...

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St. John the Evangelist (fol. 442v)
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St. John the Evangelist (fol. 442v)

[ca. 1260]

Initial 'I' encloses a scene of St. John the Evangelist apparently talking to another man. An ornamental initial 'H' is infilled with foliage.

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St. James (fol. 466r)
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St. James (fol. 466r)

[ca. 1260]

Initial 'I' depicts St. James and another standing figure.

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