Skip to main content

Search Special Collections

Results

1 to 8 of 8 records

Total number of records: 8

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
Brotherton Collection7
Medieval Manuscripts7

Count of Subject

SubjectCount
animals8
saints7
angels3
fabulous animals2
fruits1

Count of Latest date

Latest dateCount
Up to 14994
Up to 15993
St Mark (fol. 17v)
Archive Piece

St Mark (fol. 17v)

[ca. 142-?]

The historiated border includes an angel playing a hurdy-gurdy; a lion, the symbol of the Evangelist St Mark, and St Mark writing.

More details and larger image

St. John, the Evangelist (fol. 13r)
Archive Piece

St. John, the Evangelist (fol. 13r)

[ca. 1440-1460]

Initial 'I' historiated with St. John the Evangelist, writing on a scroll on Patmos. The eagle, his symbol, sits beside him.

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

St Luke (fol. 14r)
Archive Piece

St Luke (fol. 14r)

[ca. 142-?]

The scenes in the historiated border are: a grotesque in the form of a green bird with a head of a bearded old man; the ox, the symbol of the Evangelist St Luke; St Luke copying a manuscript from an e...

More details and larger image

St. Matthew, the Evangelist (fol. 16r)
Archive Piece

St. Matthew, the Evangelist (fol. 16r)

[ca. 1490]

The full-page miniature shows St. Matthew, the Evangelist, copying a manuscript from another held by an angel, his symbol. The border is formed from architectural columns supporting two male statues. ...

More details and larger image

St. Mark, the Evangelist (fol. 17v)
Archive Piece

St. Mark, the Evangelist (fol. 17v)

[ca. 1490]

The full-page miniature shows St. Mark copying manuscript leaves from a book open on a lectern in front of him. The lion, his symbol, lies at his feet. The border is formed from architectural pillars ...

More details and larger image

Dolphins (fol. 1r)
Archive Piece

Dolphins (fol. 1r)

A large incipit initial 'I' in blue with a white pattern, decorated with a leafy design in red, blue, green and purple, and extending as a floral border into the inner margin. In the lower margin is a...

More details and larger image

St. John, the Evangelist (fol. 13r)
Archive Piece

St. John, the Evangelist (fol. 13r)

[ca. 1490]

The full-page miniature shows St. John, the Evangelist, writing the Book of Revelation on a scroll on the island of Patmos. The eagle, his symbol, is beside him. God the Father appears to him within a...

More details and larger image