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Total number of records: 148

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Medieval Manuscripts148
Brotherton Collection141
Ripon Cathedral6

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
birds25
fruits23
insects16
manuscripts, latin (medieval and modern)14
animals10
books of hours9
god the father8
christ7
saints6
angels5

Count of People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Catholic Church11
Clifton Family1
Crevecoeur, Antoine De1
De Voragine, Jacobus Archbishop of Genoa (1229-1298)1
Hugh1
Hugh of Saint-Victor (1096?-1141)1
Hughes De Mazijnghem1
Mirk, John (Fl. 1403?-)1
Petrus Riga1

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From 150036

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Acanthus leaves (fol. 74v)
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Acanthus leaves (fol. 74v)

[ca. 1500-1520]

The border is decorated with acanthus leaves and flowers. 5-line foliate initial 'G'.

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Flowers and leaves (fol. 89v)
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Flowers and leaves (fol. 89v)

[ca. 1500-1520]

The border is decorated with acanthus leaves (and a flower?) and a large red flower with five petals. 6-line foliate initial 'G'.

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Acanthus leaves (fol. 117r)
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Acanthus leaves (fol. 117r)

[ca. 1500-1520]

The border is decorated with acanthus leaves and flowers. 7-line foliate initial 'S'.

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Leaves and flowers (fol. 141v)
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Leaves and flowers (fol. 141v)

[ca. 1500-1520]

The border is decorated with acanthus leaves and a periwinkle. 7-line foliate initial 'G'.

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Leaves and flowers (fol. 146r)
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Leaves and flowers (fol. 146r)

[ca. 1500-1520]

The border is decorated with acanthus leaves, a borage, large purple and yellow flowers and pink strawberry-type flowers. 7-line foliate initial 'M'. Here begin five prayers, each beginning with a let...

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Flowers and leaves (fol. 160r)
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Flowers and leaves (fol. 160r)

[ca. 1500-1520]

The border is decorated with acanthus leaves and two unidentified flowers. 7-line foliate initial 'S'.

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Acanthus leaves (fol. 178v)
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Acanthus leaves (fol. 178v)

[ca. 1500-1520]

The border is decorated with acanthus leaves and a flower. 7-line foliate initial 'A'.

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Acanthus leaves (fol. 183v)
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Acanthus leaves (fol. 183v)

[ca. 1500-1520]

The border is decorated with acanthus leaves and a flower. 7-line foliate initial 'A'.

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Acanthus leaves and flowers (fol. 9r)
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Acanthus leaves and flowers (fol. 9r)

[ca. 1500-1520]

Curved acanthus leaves in various colours and pink daisy-like flowers decorate the lower border. 6-line foliate initial 'D' formed of acanthus leaves on a gold ground.

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Peonies and acanthus leaves (fol. 168v)
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Peonies and acanthus leaves (fol. 168v)

[ca. 1500-1520]

The border is decorated with acanthus leaves, peonies, and a pink. 7-line foliate initial 'D'.

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Three single leaves from medieval liturgical manuscripts
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Three single leaves from medieval liturgical manuscripts

14th century

Comprises: 1) a leaf from a late 14th-century (?) Book of Hours, with a large arched miniature of the Annunciation, in a French style of painting. The miniature is surrounded by a full decorated borde...

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Floral border (fol. 124v)
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Floral border (fol. 124v)

[ca. 1440-1460]

The 'Subvenite sancti Dei' begins with a 3-line initial 'S' in blue on a gold ground. The border in the upper and lower margins is in designs of little coloured flowers and leaves among burnished gold...

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