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The Seven Works of Mercy (fol. 81r)
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The Seven Works of Mercy (fol. 81r)

[ca. 1450s]

A short prose treatise in Middle English. The text begins halfway down fol.81r of the manuscript.

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The Seven Works of Mercy (fol. 81v)
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The Seven Works of Mercy (fol. 81v)

[ca. 1450s]

A short prose treatise in Middle English. The text begins halfway down fol.81r of the manuscript.

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Anastasius
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Anastasius

c13th century

Qaestiones et Responsiones. A copy of the questions and responses relating to pastoral theology attributed to the seventh-century monk Anastasius of Sinai, but probably compiled in the ninth or tenth ...

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[Preces]
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[Preces]

[ca. 1500-1520]

Decoration: 41 full-page miniatures. 3- and 2-line initials in blue and red throughout. Written in hybrida. Principal contents: Collections of prayers (ff. 1r-11v, 12r-24v, 25v-87v, 88v-93, 93r-10...

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[In epistolas canonicas]
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[In epistolas canonicas]

Bede the Venerable, Saint (673-735)

[ca. 1100-1150]

Quires numbered at the end. Decoration: 7 large initials on decorated blue, or blue and green grounds, outlined and touched with red. Written in Continental Caroline Minuscule. Principal content...

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[The Anonimalle Chronicle]
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[The Anonimalle Chronicle]

[ca. 1350-1400]

Decoration: 17-line initial in red and blue (f. 36r). 2-line initials, rubrics and paragraph marks in red, capitals touched in red, and marginal notes framed in red ink, throughout. Written in basta...

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The Finding of the Cross (fol. 107r)
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The Finding of the Cross (fol. 107r)

[ca. 1450s]

Part of the South English Legendary

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The Finding of the Cross (fol. 107v)
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The Finding of the Cross (fol. 107v)

[ca. 1450s]

Part of the South English Legendary

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The Finding of the Cross (fol. 103r)
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The Finding of the Cross (fol. 103r)

[ca. 1450s]

Part of the South English Legendary

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The Finding of the Cross (fol. 104r)
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The Finding of the Cross (fol. 104r)

[ca. 1450s]

Part of the South English Legendary

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The Finding of the Cross (fol. 104v)
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The Finding of the Cross (fol. 104v)

[ca. 1450s]

Part of the South English Legendary

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The Finding of the Cross (fol. 105r)
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The Finding of the Cross (fol. 105r)

[ca. 1450s]

Part of the South English Legendary

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