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Decorated text page in frame: Nativitas Domini in nocte...

Decorated text page in frame: Nativitas Domini in nocte...

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Title for Palm Sunday.  Frame of gold and green.  Text in gold capitals with an irregular purple checkerboard background.

Title for Palm Sunday. Frame of gold and green. Text in gold capital...

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Charter? Pasted to inside back cover; perhaps left half only of document.

Charter? Pasted to inside back cover; perhaps left half only of docume...

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Page of text with 4-line red and blue initial with penwork, chapter number and book name in red and blue, pale yellow daubs as placemarkers, and quire number and catchword.

Page of text with 4-line red and blue initial with penwork, chapter nu...

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Opening of text (begins mid-sentence).  Large initial with human face.  Rubrics.  Book name and chapter number in red and blue.

Opening of text (begins mid-sentence). Large initial with human face....

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Opening of Part two, title of first text.

Opening of Part two, title of first text.

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Explicit of this text; red placemarkers.

Explicit of this text; red placemarkers.

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Opening of Genesis, scenes of creation on gold.  Placemarkers, book name.

Opening of Genesis, scenes of creation on gold. Placemarkers, book na...

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Opening of text, with large gold initials, small red and blue initials, and linefillers, including one in form of fish.

Opening of text, with large gold initials, small red and blue initials...

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Eighth vision: John hears the vast throng shouting; Christ in Majesty with four beasts, angels and elders; wedding feast laid out on a table, on which the Lamb stands. (Apoc. 19:1-8)

Eighth vision: John hears the vast throng shouting; Christ in Majesty ...

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Incipit of text, rubric, music, red and blue initials.

Incipit of text, rubric, music, red and blue initials.

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Large illuminated initial.  Smaller initials, rubrics, border designs.
Historiated initial of Boethius and Lady Philosophy (?).

Historiated initial of Boethius and Lady Philosophy (?).

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Opening of text with large painted initial including stylized animal figures.  Blue initial with red penwork.  Rubric; book name and chapter number in red and blue.

Opening of text with large painted initial including stylized animal f...

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Page of text with initials and penwork; border; catchword.

Page of text with initials and penwork; border; catchword.

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Explicit., Illuminated medieval manuscript

Explicit., Illuminated medieval manuscript

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Opening page of calendar for the month of January. Entries for every line in French, alternating two red and two blue lines, with major feasts in gold. Dragon grotesque in lower margin.

Opening page of calendar for the month of January. Entries for every l...

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Catchword, initials, rubric, placemarkers.

Catchword, initials, rubric, placemarkers.

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Change of hand?  Pale yellow daubs as placemarkers appear f. 148; initials and linefillers.

Change of hand? Pale yellow daubs as placemarkers appear f. 148; init...

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Opening page of text with border decoration.

Opening page of text with border decoration.

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Opening page of calendar, written in French.  Border decoration.

Opening page of calendar, written in French. Border decoration.

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Opening of main text, rubric, initials, border design.

Opening of main text, rubric, initials, border design.

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Opening of French text of the Fifteen Joys of the Virgin; precisely designated border in C-shape triggered by 3-line initial, and on the right in a band corresponding to the height of the text block.

Opening of French text of the Fifteen Joys of the Virgin; precisely de...

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Miniature of King David. - Public domain medieval manuscript

Miniature of King David. - Public domain medieval manuscript

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First page of birth announcements from the sixteenth century.

First page of birth announcements from the sixteenth century.

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Change of hand? Large initial. - Public domain medieval manuscript

Change of hand? Large initial. - Public domain medieval manuscript

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Explicit of text. - Public domain medieval manuscript

Explicit of text. - Public domain medieval manuscript

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Smaller version of hand 2, or new hand?

Smaller version of hand 2, or new hand?

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Page of Greek text with small initials, note in lower border.

Page of Greek text with small initials, note in lower border.

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Explicit., Illuminated medieval manuscript

Explicit., Illuminated medieval manuscript

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Ownership notes.

Ownership notes.

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Ownership notes.

Ownership notes.

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"Tabula principalis" - Public domain medieval manuscript

"Tabula principalis" - Public domain medieval manuscript

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Circular chart correlating directions, winds, elements, seasons, temperaments, qualities, and ages; in the spandrels, grotesques, a fighting man and a queen.

Circular chart correlating directions, winds, elements, seasons, tempe...

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Historiated initial of man holding a quadrant up to the sky, and opening of the 'Quadrans.'

Historiated initial of man holding a quadrant up to the sky, and openi...

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Opening page of calendar. - Public domain medieval manuscript

Opening page of calendar. - Public domain medieval manuscript

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Hand 3 - Public domain medieval manuscript

Hand 3 - Public domain medieval manuscript

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Hand 6; space left for initial.

Hand 6; space left for initial.

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Opening of main text.  Initial with illumination (Virgin and Child), full border with angel figures.  Rubrics, small initials, placemarkers.

Opening of main text. Initial with illumination (Virgin and Child), f...

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Opening of main text in hand 1, puzzle initial with penwork, small initials.

Opening of main text in hand 1, puzzle initial with penwork, small ini...

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Text with initials and placemarkers, with two woodcuts (Expulsion from Eden and the Ark).

Text with initials and placemarkers, with two woodcuts (Expulsion from...

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Opening of text, in mid-sentence, indicating first folio(s) missing.

Opening of text, in mid-sentence, indicating first folio(s) missing.

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Opening page of calendar. - Public domain medieval manuscript

Opening page of calendar. - Public domain medieval manuscript

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Opening of sermons, with historiated initial of the Nativity.

Opening of sermons, with historiated initial of the Nativity.

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Opening of main text, initial with Annunciation, small initial, rubrics and border design with two roundels containing portrait of Virgin and Child, and "Yhs".

Opening of main text, initial with Annunciation, small initial, rubric...

The Annunciation is a biblical event in which the angel Gabriel appeared to the Virgin Mary to announce that she had been chosen to give birth to Jesus, the Son of God. The event is recorded in the New Testamen... More

Title page and border design. - Public domain dedication image

Title page and border design. - Public domain dedication image

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Text with scripture in Latin and gloss in Italian.  2-line initials in red and blue.

Text with scripture in Latin and gloss in Italian. 2-line initials in...

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Text with catchword. - Public domain medieval manuscript

Text with catchword. - Public domain medieval manuscript

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Explicit of text, note of authorship of glosses, and note by Petrus Guerruci.

Explicit of text, note of authorship of glosses, and note by Petrus Gu...

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Page of text with music, small initials, rubrics.
4-line initial with portrait, 2-line initials with penwork, rubrics.

4-line initial with portrait, 2-line initials with penwork, rubrics.

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Small miniature of St. Luke.  Very elaborate frame-like border, with statue figures and multi-colored designs.  Opening of text of Luke.

Small miniature of St. Luke. Very elaborate frame-like border, with s...

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Full-page miniature of the Sermon on the Mount.  Elaborate full border with human figures.

Full-page miniature of the Sermon on the Mount. Elaborate full border...

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Towneley Lectionary [text]. - Public domain illuminated manuscript

Towneley Lectionary [text]. - Public domain illuminated manuscript

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Towneley Lectionary [text with rubrics].

Towneley Lectionary [text with rubrics].

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Command to St. Peter ("feed my sheep").

Command to St. Peter ("feed my sheep").

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Opening of gospel of John, with title and miniature of John in elaborate borders.

Opening of gospel of John, with title and miniature of John in elabora...

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Towneley Lectionary [text]. - Public domain illuminated manuscript

Towneley Lectionary [text]. - Public domain illuminated manuscript

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Judicium mundi universale - Public domain illuminated manuscript

Judicium mundi universale - Public domain illuminated manuscript

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Grandes chroniques de France Jean Fouquet: Box [side], illuminated manuscript

Grandes chroniques de France Jean Fouquet: Box [side], illuminated man...

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Towneley Lectionary details. Center

Towneley Lectionary details. Center

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Towneley Lectionary details. Interior corner

Towneley Lectionary details. Interior corner

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Explicit of text, note by scribe of copying dates.

Explicit of text, note by scribe of copying dates.

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Table with drawing of orbits of planets and sun.

Table with drawing of orbits of planets and sun.

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Hand 3, Hand 4, and two lines of music.
Grandes chroniques de France Jean Fouquet: Explicit., illuminated manuscript

Grandes chroniques de France Jean Fouquet: Explicit., illuminated manu...

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Fourth map of Europe (Germany) in gold border.  Commentary text in brown border with gold rubrics and 4-line gold initial on blue and green field.

Fourth map of Europe (Germany) in gold border. Commentary text in bro...

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Fourth map of Asia (Middle east and Cyprus), in full gold border.

Fourth map of Asia (Middle east and Cyprus), in full gold border.

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Fifth map of Asia, in full gold border.

Fifth map of Asia, in full gold border.

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Eighth map of Asia, in full gold border.

Eighth map of Asia, in full gold border.

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Tetrasticha iambica [f. 17r] - Public domain medieval manuscript

Tetrasticha iambica [f. 17r] - Public domain medieval manuscript

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Epistles, Illuminated medieval manuscript

Epistles, Illuminated medieval manuscript

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Full-page miniature of the expulsion from Paradise.

Full-page miniature of the expulsion from Paradise.

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Full-page miniature of Noah's sons mocking him.

Full-page miniature of Noah's sons mocking him.

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Rubric; miniature of Delilah binding Samson to a bed.

Rubric; miniature of Delilah binding Samson to a bed.

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Text with placemarkers and rubric.  Miniature of angel and soldier.

Text with placemarkers and rubric. Miniature of angel and soldier.

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Text with placemarkers and rubric; miniature.

Text with placemarkers and rubric; miniature.

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Text with rubric and placemarkers.  Miniature of men killing giants.

Text with rubric and placemarkers. Miniature of men killing giants.

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Text with three charts in gold, blue, and other colors.  Red and blue initials, rubrics.

Text with three charts in gold, blue, and other colors. Red and blue ...

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Text with red and blue initials, rubrics, two charts.

Text with red and blue initials, rubrics, two charts.

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Text with red and blue initials, map with small drawings of unlabelled cities.

Text with red and blue initials, map with small drawings of unlabelled...

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Page of text with map and catchword.

Page of text with map and catchword.

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Text with red and blue initials.  Map.

Text with red and blue initials. Map.

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Canon tables with decorative arches with animals.

Canon tables with decorative arches with animals.

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Musical notation above bottom line.

Musical notation above bottom line.

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Opening of Luke's gospel, with large decorative initial.  Decorative capital and small initial.

Opening of Luke's gospel, with large decorative initial. Decorative c...

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Invoice for binding of this manuscript, pasted in.

Invoice for binding of this manuscript, pasted in.

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Full page miniature of the betrayal of Christ by Judas; in the background Peter sheathes his sword, as Malchus lies on the ground with blood streaming from his ear.

Full page miniature of the betrayal of Christ by Judas; in the backgro...

A book of hours is a type of devotional text that was popular in the Middle Ages, particularly in the late medieval period. It is a type of prayer book that contains a collection of prayers and devotional texts... More

Floriant and Florete embracing, historiated initial.

Floriant and Florete embracing, historiated initial.

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Anthropomorphic (portrait of Christ) and zoomorphic (bird) initial.

Anthropomorphic (portrait of Christ) and zoomorphic (bird) initial.

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Headpiece; ornamented initial., illuminated manuscript

Headpiece; ornamented initial., illuminated manuscript

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Text with note of ownership and warning by monastery of St. Martin of Tournai -- "Liber sancti martini tornacii servantii benedictio auferenti maledictio amen." Prickings clearly visible.

Text with note of ownership and warning by monastery of St. Martin of ...

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Opening of John XIII with 2-line initial.  John 13-18 are written with verses alternating red and blue.

Opening of John XIII with 2-line initial. John 13-18 are written with...

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Opening page of calendar, large gold initial on red and blue field, smaller initials.

Opening page of calendar, large gold initial on red and blue field, sm...

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Page of text with catchword and 1-line red and gold placemarker.

Page of text with catchword and 1-line red and gold placemarker.

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End of text of Eutropius, beginning of Paul the Deacon's continuation.

End of text of Eutropius, beginning of Paul the Deacon's continuation.

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Page of text with large initial and figure of bird. Rustic capitals in heading and names of parts.

Page of text with large initial and figure of bird. Rustic capitals in...

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Opening page of calendar. - Public domain medieval manuscript

Opening page of calendar. - Public domain medieval manuscript

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Opening page of calendar with French note at bottom.

Opening page of calendar with French note at bottom.

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Opening page of calendar, elaborate border design with human figures.

Opening page of calendar, elaborate border design with human figures.

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