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
Medieval Manuscripts8
Brotherton Collection7
Ripon Cathedral1

Count of Subject

SubjectCount
animals4
birds3
fabulous animals3
saints3
books of hours1
manuscripts, latin (medieval and modern)1

Count of Earliest date

Earliest dateCount
From 12001
From 13002
From 14005

Count of Latest date

Latest dateCount
Up to 12991
Up to 14995
Up to 15992
An eagle-lion and a bear (fol. 21v)
Archive Piece

An eagle-lion and a bear (fol. 21v)

[ca. 142-?]

The historiated border includes a grotesque in the form of an eagle-lion, and a bear with a roller tied around its neck.

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

Coat of arms (fol. 1r)
Archive Piece

Coat of arms (fol. 1r)

[ca. 1425]

A coat of arms with a double-headed eagle in gold and silver on a blue background. The obit above the coat of arms is that of Thomas Habtreholme "persone collegii sancti Johnannis Evangeliste Beverl" ...

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

The prophet Ezekiel's vision (fol. 337r)
Archive Piece

The prophet Ezekiel's vision (fol. 337r)

[ca. 1260]

Initial 'E' encloses the vision of the prophet Ezekiel: the tetramorph of the four evangelists. His vision was of God sitting on his throne, being carried by the symbols of the four evangelists: a man...

More details and larger image

Coat of arms (fol. 1v)
Archive Piece

Coat of arms (fol. 1v)

[ca. 1425]

A coat of arms halving the arms on the previous page (a double-headed eagle in gold and silver on a blue background) with a design of two wyverns on a black chevron against a white background, with, 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

[Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis]
Archive Item

[Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis]

[ca. 1480-1500]

Decoration: 4 full-page arched miniatures within borders decorated with flowers, curled leaves, berries and putti. There are fine 3 to 4-line illuminated initials, on gold grounds and infilled with fl...

More details and larger image