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Brotherton Collection16
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Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society1

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insects17
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zodiacal signs3
christ2
passion of christ2
saints2
angels1
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Hooghe, Romeyn De1
Hooghe, Romeyn De (1645-1708)1
Lachmund, Friedrich1
Lachmund, Friedrich (1635-1676)1
Redi, Francesco1
Redi, Francesco (1626-1698)1

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Skulls and flowers (fol. 106r)
Archive Piece

Skulls and flowers (fol. 106r)

[ca.1480-1500]

The border is decorated with skulls, flies, roses, thistles, strawberries, speedwells, stems and leaves of the acanthus plant.

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Calendar: July (fol. 8r)
Archive Piece

Calendar: July (fol. 8r)

[ca.1480-1500]

The roundel miniature has the zodiacal sign of Leo (the lion). The border is decorated with flies, strawberries, columbines, heartsease, speedwells and acanthus leaves.

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Birds and flowers (fol. 77r)
Archive Piece

Birds and flowers (fol. 77r)

[ca.1480-1500]

The border is decorated with birds, a fly, strawberries, speedwells, thistles, columbines and acanthus leaves. 6-line foliate initial.

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Calendar: February (fol. 3r)
Archive Piece

Calendar: February (fol. 3r)

[ca.1480-1500]

The roundel miniature depicts the zodiacal sign of Pisces (the fish). The border is decorated with pinks, pea flowers, strawberries, speedwells, curled acanthus leaves and a fly.

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Dragon and butterfly (fol. 98v)
Archive Piece

Dragon and butterfly (fol. 98v)

[ca. 1500-1520]

The border is decorated with acanthus leaves, a deadnettle, a borage, a strawberry and a butterfly. 6-line zoomorphic initial 'S' formed of a green-winged dragon.

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Birds and flowers (fol. 14r)
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Birds and flowers (fol. 14r)

[ca.1480-1500]

The border is decorated with birds, roses, thistles, strawberries, speedwells and acanthus leaves. 6-line foliate initial.

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Calendar: October (fol. 11r)
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Calendar: October (fol. 11r)

[ca.1480-1500]

The roundel miniature has the zodiacal sign of September, Libra (the balance), although it should have the sign for October, Scorpio (the scorpion). The border is decorated with strawberries, columbin...

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Stork, owl, grapes and flowers (fol. 82r)
Archive Piece

Stork, owl, grapes and flowers (fol. 82r)

[ca. 1500-1520]

The border is decorated with a white stork, an owl, a partridge and other birds, grapes, a periwinkle, a pimpernel, pinks, and a butterfly. 11-line foliate initial formed of corn and acanthus leaves. ...

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Bullfinch and flowers (fol. 18r)
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Bullfinch and flowers (fol. 18r)

[ca. 1500-1520]

A full border decorated with wild roses, columbine, heartsease, speedwells, pinks, a blue daisy (purple-stemmed aster), acanthus leaves, a butterfly, a bullfinch, and other birds. 10-line foliate init...

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A bird, flowers and a man (fol. 81r)
Archive Piece

A bird, flowers and a man (fol. 81r)

[ca.1480-1500]

The border is decorated with a bird, pinks, strawberries, thistles, speedwells, acanthus leaves and a man dressed in clothes for labour, with a hat, a hood, an apron and boots. 5-line foliate initial ...

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Birds and flowers (fol. 1r)
Archive Piece

Birds and flowers (fol. 1r)

[ca. 1500-1520]

The gold-wash border is decorated with pinks, borage, strawberries, buttercups, forgetmenot, lungwort (?), periwinkle, beetles, birds, ladybirds and a butterfly. 11-line foliate initial 'H' formed of ...

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Agony in the Garden (fol. 61r)
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Agony in the Garden (fol. 61r)

[ca. 1490 and ca. 1500-1510]

Christ kneels in prayer in the garden of Gethsemane. Three of the apostles sit in a group behind him, two of them sleeping. The border is decorated with a heartsease, daisies, celandine, blue carnatio...

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