Skip to main content

Search Special Collections

Results

1 to 12 of 34 records

Total number of records: 34

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
Medieval Manuscripts34
Brotherton Collection27
Ripon Cathedral7

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
saints34
animals12
virgin mary10
fabulous animals7
human occupations representing seasons and months7
zodiacal signs7
angels6
christ6
passion of christ5
birth and youth of christ3

Count of Earliest date

Earliest dateCount
From 12007
From 140027

Count of Latest date

Latest dateCount
Up to 12997
Up to 149922
Up to 15995
St. Paul preaching (fol. 472r)
Archive Piece

St. Paul preaching (fol. 472r)

[ca. 1260]

Initial 'P' encloses a scene of St. Paul preaching.

More details and larger image

St. Peter (fol. 469r)
Archive Piece

St. Peter (fol. 469r)

[ca. 1260]

Initial 'S' encloses a scene of St. Peter talking to a man. Above it an ornamental initial 'S' is infilled with foliage.

More details and larger image

St John the Evangelist (fol. 13v)
Archive Piece

St John the Evangelist (fol. 13v)

[ca. 142-?]

The scenes in the historiated border are: St John the Evangelist holding a book and a palm branch, and a green dragon with a head scarf.

More details and larger image

St. Jude (fol. 471v)
Archive Piece

St. Jude (fol. 471v)

[ca. 1260]

Initial 'I' encloses a scene of St. Jude holding a scroll and preaching. An ornamental initial 'R' is infilled with foliage and a small animal head.

More details and larger image

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

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.

More details and larger image

St. Paul teaching (fol. 476v)
Archive Piece

St. Paul teaching (fol. 476v)

[ca. 1260]

Initial 'P' encloses a scene of St. Paul teaching. An ornamental initial 'C' is infilled with foliage and a small animal head.

More details and larger image

Calendar: September (fol. 9v)
Archive Piece

Calendar: September (fol. 9v)

[ca. 142-?]

The scenes in the historiated border are: an unidentified bishop with a mitre and a crosier; The Elevation of the Cross; St. Matthew the Apostle and Evangelist; and St Michael the Archangel killing th...

More details and larger image

Calendar: April (fol. 4v)
Archive Piece

Calendar: April (fol. 4v)

[ca. 142-?]

The scenes in the historiated border are St. Opportuna, a Benedictine nun and abbess; St George killing the dragon; St. Mark the Evangelist writing on a scroll; and an unidentified bishop with a mitre...

More details and larger image

St. Christopher (fol. 40v)
Archive Piece

St. Christopher (fol. 40v)

[ca. 1440-1460]

St. Christopher carries the Christ Child, holding the golden globe, over the stream, while a hermit looks upon the scene from the hill top.

More details and larger image

Calendar: March (fol. 3v)
Archive Piece

Calendar: March (fol. 3v)

[ca. 142-?]

The scenes in the historiated border are: Resurrection of Christ (Easter), St. Gertrude of Nivelles, an unidentified monk holding a crosier and a book, and the Annunciation to the Virgin by the angel ...

More details and larger image

The Entombment of Christ (fol. 109v)
Archive Piece

The Entombment of Christ (fol. 109v)

[ca. 1440-1460]

Christ is lowered into the tomb on a white cloth, while the three Marys, the Virgin Mary, Mary Magdalene, and the other Mary, look upon the scene in sorrow.

More details and larger image

St John (fol. 13r)
Archive Piece

St John (fol. 13r)

[ca. 142-?]

The scenes in the historiated border are: eagle, the symbol of the Evangelist St John; St John; and St John on Patmos, with the devil behind him stealing the ink-well.

More details and larger image