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Medieval Manuscripts4
Brotherton Collection3

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SubjectCount
books of hours2
manuscripts, latin (medieval and modern)2
birds1
fabulous animals1
manuscripts, english (medieval and modern)1
sequences (liturgical)1
sermons, english (middle)1

Count of People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Catholic Church2
Crevecoeur, Antoine De1
Hughes De Mazijnghem1
Mirk, John (Fl. 1403?-)1

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Pig and bird (fol. 25r)
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Pig and bird (fol. 25r)

[ca. 1450-1500]

3-line initial 'B' in gold on a red/blue background with white penwork ornamentation of flowers, and decorated with two small quatrefoils at corners. The initial extends into a 1/4 bar-frame column bo...

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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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[The festial of English sermons]
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[The festial of English sermons]

Mirk, John (fl. 1403?)

[ca. 1450-1500]

Several leaves missing and damaged, getting more fragmentary towards the end. 2-line initials and highlighting in red, with occational pointing hands in the margins, throughout the Festial. A type...

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[Hours of Antoine de Crèvecœur]
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[Hours of Antoine de Crèvecœur]

Antoine de Crèvecoeur; Hughes de Mazijnghem

[1450-1475]

Decoration: 38 large arched miniatures surrounded by framed borders in designs of intricate curving foliage and ivy leaves in pen and gold, enclosing strawberries and flowers in colour. Decorated init...

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