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Dragon initial (fol. 62v)
[ca. 1140-1160]
Large zoomorphic initial 'Q' where the descender is composed of a dragon clutching the body of the letter with its teeth. The body of the letter is infilled with curved foliage and two lizard-like ani...
Face and a hyena (fol. 378r)
[ca. 1260]
The prologue initial 'Q' is infilled with a male face in profile; the descender of the letter is formed from a hyena-type animal.
Decorated incipit word (fol. 3r)
[ca. 1140-1160]
Large initial 'A' decorated with stylised fan-shaped leaves and curved pen lines, in green, red and blue, followed by the remaining letters of the incipit word 'APOCALIPSIS' in blue and red.
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...
[Aurora]
Petrus Riga; Hugh of Saint-Victor (1096?-1141)
[ca. 1140-1160; 1180-1220]
Leaves are missing after ff. 24 and 34, with gaps in the text; ends imperfectly. Written in protogothic minuscule. On long-term deposit from Ripon Cathedral. A letter (1954) about the manuscript...
[Meditationes vite Christi]
Bonaventure Saint, Cardinal (1217-1274)
[1400]
Catchwords in cartouches, framed with red or brown ink, and some decorated with crude penwork. Decoration: 9-line incipit initial in blue, surrounded by red decorative penwork. Similar 2-line initia...
Hebrew synagogue Megillah scroll
ca. 1201-1300
Held in an open-ended cardboard tube 430 mm long and covered with black cloth on which there is some blindtooling and a label on which is typed, 'Bible/ Book of Esther/ Hebrew synagogue roll/ MS. 400'...