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Total number of records: 64

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Medieval Manuscripts64
Brotherton Collection62

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christ64
virgin mary64
birth and youth of christ27
passion of christ15
saints14
animals10
angels9
birds6
fabulous animals5
insects4

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From 15002

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Virgin and Child (fol. 193r)
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Virgin and Child (fol. 193r)

[ca. 1480-1500]

6-line initial in pink, gold, blue and green, with white penwork decoration, historiated with the Virgin Mary holding the Christ-Child. On the left, a column border decorated with flowers and leaves e...

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Virgin and Child on Crescent Moon (fol. 21v)
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Virgin and Child on Crescent Moon (fol. 21v)

[ca. 1500-1520]

The miniature shows the Virgin Mary standing on the crescent of the moon and holding the Christ-child.

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Virgin and Child (fol. 4r)
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Virgin and Child (fol. 4r)

[ca 1450-1500]

Virgin Mary holding the Christ-Child within a mandorla, framed with rosary beads. Across the miniature is a cartouche on which a prayer in French is written.

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Virgin and Child (fol. 143r)
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Virgin and Child (fol. 143r)

[1450-1475]

The Virgin and Child are depicted in a mandorla. The Virgin stands on a moon crescent, and wears a rosary in her hair.

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Coronation of the Virgin (fol. 63r)
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Coronation of the Virgin (fol. 63r)

[ca. 1490]

The full-page miniature shows the Virgin Mary and Christ enthroned, Mary wearing a crown, Christ blessing. The border is formed from architectural pillars supporting two angels.

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Virgin and Child (fol. 120r)
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Virgin and Child (fol. 120r)

[ca. 1440-1460]

Initial 'S' (Salue virgo virginum stella matutina) inhabited with the Virgin and Child.

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Virgin and Christ (fol. 126v)
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Virgin and Christ (fol. 126v)

[ca. 1440-1460]

Initial 'O' (O intemerata et in eternum benedicta) inhabited with the Virgin Mary, holding the body of the crucified Christ.

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Virgin and Child (fol. 115v)
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Virgin and Child (fol. 115v)

[ca. 1490]

The Virgin Mary and the Christ Child are depicted in a small miniature.

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Pieta (fol. 118v)
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Pieta (fol. 118v)

[ca. 1490]

The Virgin Mary is shown holding the body of the crucified Christ.

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Virgin and Child (fol. 130r)
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Virgin and Child (fol. 130r)

[ca. 1490 and ca. 1500-1510]

The border shows a crowned Virgin Mary holding the Christ-Child. There is a 4-line foliate initial 'G' infilled with a flower.

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Calendar: July (fol. 7v)
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Calendar: July (fol. 7v)

[ca. 142-?]

The scenes in the historiated border are: an unidentified bishop; St Mary Magdalen holding a book and an ointment jar; St. Christopher carrying Christ across the stream, and St. James the Great, hold...

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The Crucifixion of Christ (fol. 28r)
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The Crucifixion of Christ (fol. 28r)

[1450-1475]

Christ crucified on the cross, while St. John and Mary Magdalene support the Virgin Mary. A centurion, converted to Christianity at the cross, holds a scroll that reads "Vere Filius Dei erat iste ... ...

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