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Medieval Manuscripts6
Brotherton Collection4
Ripon Cathedral2

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manuscripts, latin (medieval and modern)2
animals1
birds1
books of hours1
fabulous animals1
fruits1
psalters1
saints1

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St. Claude, Bishop of Besançon (fol. 155r)
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St. Claude, Bishop of Besançon (fol. 155r)

[1450-1475]

St. Claudius (Claude), Bishop of Besançon, with a mitre and a crozier, stills a storm at sea. A sailing boat with three people approaches, and a body rises from a grave in front of the saint.

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A dog-bishop and birds in gowns (fol. 28r)
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A dog-bishop and birds in gowns (fol. 28r)

[ca. 142-?]

The historiated border includes a dog or a deer dressed up as a bishop, and a group of three birds, including a cockerell, wearing gowns.

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Floral border (fol. 149r)
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Floral border (fol. 149r)

[ca. 1470-1480]

Bar-frame border in gold and in rose/blue acanthus vine that extends into the border in curved leaves and hairline tendrils that carry poppyheads, heart motifs, gold pine cones and gold balls with gre...

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Two figures discussing (fol. 398v)
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Two figures discussing (fol. 398v)

[ca. 1260]

Initial 'E' encloses a scene of two figures in discussion, both with halos. The initial is decorated further with a dragon-like creature.

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[Psalterium]
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[Psalterium]

[1418]

A leaf missing before f. 14. A raised pastedown (f. 190) with the text in the form of absolution on recto, and part of a licence on verso. Decoration: 2 to 3-line initials in blue with elaborate red...

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[Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis]
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[Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis]

[ca. 1440-1460]

Decoration: 22 full-page miniatures within arched compartments surrounded by full floral borders, and 22 historiated initials. The illuminations are probably by a French artist. Written in textualis...

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