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Prayer in French, initials, placemarkers, blue lettering.

Prayer in French, initials, placemarkers, blue lettering.

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Small miniature of Mary Magdalene and explicit.

Small miniature of Mary Magdalene and explicit.

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Two different hands, or different sizes of the same hand?  Prickings clearly visible.

Two different hands, or different sizes of the same hand? Prickings c...

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Opening of main text, with rubric, initial and penwork.

Opening of main text, with rubric, initial and penwork.

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Initial on a gold ground; foliate border.

Initial on a gold ground; foliate border.

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Transition from Part 1 to Part 2; two words of text overlap?

Transition from Part 1 to Part 2; two words of text overlap?

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Second part of text in later hand.

Second part of text in later hand.

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Page of calendar for February. - Public domain medieval manuscript

Page of calendar for February. - Public domain medieval manuscript

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"Tabula terminorum" for the dates of Easter.

"Tabula terminorum" for the dates of Easter.

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Historiated initial and opening of the 'Compotus.'  Notes on content in margins.

Historiated initial and opening of the 'Compotus.' Notes on content i...

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Circular diagram labeled "Garlandus" and "Dyonisius" with series of letters a-g and numbers 1-7.

Circular diagram labeled "Garlandus" and "Dyonisius" with series of le...

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Chart of relationships of the earth in the center, with the orbits of the moon and the sun.

Chart of relationships of the earth in the center, with the orbits of ...

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Opening of main text, hand 1, border design, initials, rubrics, placemarkers.

Opening of main text, hand 1, border design, initials, rubrics, placem...

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Opening of main text with initial and illustration of kiss.

Opening of main text with initial and illustration of kiss.

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Hand 4 (perhaps same as hand 1?).

Hand 4 (perhaps same as hand 1?).

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Shift from main hand (hand 1) to different hand (hand 2) or just smaller version of hand 1?

Shift from main hand (hand 1) to different hand (hand 2) or just small...

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Miniature of Deposition, as Mary and John the Evangelist watch.

Miniature of Deposition, as Mary and John the Evangelist watch.

Public domain reproduction of illuminated medieval manuscript page, Latin, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Explicit, initials, rubrics. - Public domain illuminated manuscript

Explicit, initials, rubrics. - Public domain illuminated manuscript

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Initial with penwork, placemarkers, hand drawn in margin as pointer.

Initial with penwork, placemarkers, hand drawn in margin as pointer.

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Rubric with author's name?  Initial with penwork, placemarkers.

Rubric with author's name? Initial with penwork, placemarkers.

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Opening of text with large initial, rubric and border, with picture of saint or pope(?) and coat of arms.  Hand 1.

Opening of text with large initial, rubric and border, with picture of...

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Page of music.  Large initial with figures of monk and nun.

Page of music. Large initial with figures of monk and nun.

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Inside front cover - Public domain illuminated manuscript

Inside front cover - Public domain illuminated manuscript

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Towneley Lectionary [text]. - Public domain illuminated manuscript

Towneley Lectionary [text]. - Public domain illuminated manuscript

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Opening of gospel of Mark, with title and miniature of Mark in elaborate borders, with human figures.

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

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Towneley Lectionary [text with four-line initial].

Towneley Lectionary [text with four-line initial].

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Towneley Lectionary details. Cornerpiece front

Towneley Lectionary details. Cornerpiece front

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Leaf with miniature of the Adoration of the Magi.

Leaf with miniature of the Adoration of the Magi.

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Large historiated initial showing the Ascension of Christ, on gold field.  Three-side border, including a scene of Augustine and the Christ child with various onlookers at the seaside, birds, flowers, and insects.

Large historiated initial showing the Ascension of Christ, on gold fie...

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Page of text; 9 lines of music and 9 of text.  Rubrics.  Red initials.
2-line red initial with purple penwork.

2-line red initial with purple penwork.

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Eleventh map of Asia (southeast Asia), in full gold border.

Eleventh map of Asia (southeast Asia), in full gold border.

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Twelfth map of Asia, in full gold border.

Twelfth map of Asia, in full gold border.

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Text with rubric and placemarkers; miniature (in one column) of the murder of a king.

Text with rubric and placemarkers; miniature (in one column) of the mu...

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Text with placemarkers and rubric; miniature showing woman and angel.

Text with placemarkers and rubric; miniature showing woman and angel.

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Rubrics and full-page miniature across two pages showing siege of a city and a king being hanged.

Rubrics and full-page miniature across two pages showing siege of a ci...

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Page of text with placemarkers and large blue initial.  Two human figures in upper border.

Page of text with placemarkers and large blue initial. Two human figu...

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Full-page miniature. - Public domain medieval manuscript

Full-page miniature. - Public domain medieval manuscript

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Full-page miniature., illuminated manuscript

Full-page miniature., illuminated manuscript

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5-line blue initial with penwork, catchword.

5-line blue initial with penwork, catchword.

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Text with red and blue initials, rubrics, one chart showing map of the world.

Text with red and blue initials, rubrics, one chart showing map of the...

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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, rubrics, one chart.

Text with red and blue initials, rubrics, one chart.

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Page of text with maps, including T-map. Rubric and initials.

Page of text with maps, including T-map. Rubric and initials.

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Opening page of calendar.  Note of ownership at bottom:  "Conventus Ratisbonensis Carmelitarum Discalceatorum."

Opening page of calendar. Note of ownership at bottom: "Conventus Ra...

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Explicit, Illuminated medieval manuscript

Explicit, Illuminated medieval manuscript

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Prayer for dead. 1-line blue and gold initials with red and blue penwork, rubric.

Prayer for dead. 1-line blue and gold initials with red and blue penwo...

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Opening of Gospel according to Mark, hierarchy of script, large decorative initial, smaller initials.

Opening of Gospel according to Mark, hierarchy of script, large decora...

Public domain scan of a decorated illuminated manuscript page, medieval, 13th-14th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Opening of John's Gospel.  Large decorative initial.  Decorative capitals and smaller initials.

Opening of John's Gospel. Large decorative initial. Decorative capit...

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Christ and the Devil, with gold and red.

Christ and the Devil, with gold and red.

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Stub of f. 70. - Public domain medieval manuscript

Stub of f. 70. - Public domain medieval manuscript

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Sticherarion [Ornamented initial].

Sticherarion [Ornamented initial].

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Chronological notes for 1257. - Public domain medieval manuscript

Chronological notes for 1257. - Public domain medieval manuscript

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Note of provenance., illuminated manuscript

Note of provenance., illuminated manuscript

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Opening of text, with large initials (with butterfly and Cupid figures).  Rubrics and rustic capitals.

Opening of text, with large initials (with butterfly and Cupid figures...

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Opening of calendar, in French.

Opening of calendar, in French.

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Miniature of David watching Bathsheba bathe, initial, border design, rubric and linefiller.

Miniature of David watching Bathsheba bathe, initial, border design, r...

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Page of text with multi-colored initials, border design, gold writing and red lines as placemarkers.

Page of text with multi-colored initials, border design, gold writing ...

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Explicit., Illuminated medieval manuscript

Explicit., Illuminated medieval manuscript

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Text of third document. - Public domain illuminated manuscript

Text of third document. - Public domain illuminated manuscript

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Full-page miniature, in elaborate full border including human figures.

Full-page miniature, in elaborate full border including human figures.

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Virgin and Child; Flagellation - Public domain medieval manuscript

Virgin and Child; Flagellation - Public domain medieval manuscript

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The earth in the center, surrounded by a tail-biting dog, the moon and its phases, the sun on its orbit, correlated to signs of the zodiac.

The earth in the center, surrounded by a tail-biting dog, the moon and...

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Canon tables with decorative arches with birds.

Canon tables with decorative arches with birds.

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St. John the Evangelist holding the cup of poison that has already killed several others; in the background, John on the island of Patmos.

St. John the Evangelist holding the cup of poison that has already kil...

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

Historiated initial of Christ in Majesty; border includes a cat licking its bottom, a beetle, a moth, a stork and a rabbit, as well as a lion whose design originates in engraved playing cards.

Historiated initial of Christ in Majesty; border includes a cat lickin...

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Initial page.

Initial page.

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Leaf with pen-flourish decoration

Leaf with pen-flourish decoration

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Prayer Book (Troyes Use) - Public domain medieval manuscript

Prayer Book (Troyes Use) - Public domain medieval manuscript

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Gold capitals, uncials and Caroline in gold and purple frame, with large gold, purple and green initial.  Strip of vellum written in later hand sewn into manuscript lies across the page.

Gold capitals, uncials and Caroline in gold and purple frame, with lar...

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Gold text on purple background in gold frame.

Gold text on purple background in gold frame.

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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 Jerome's prologue to the Psalter, hand 2.

Opening of Jerome's prologue to the Psalter, hand 2.

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Illuminated initial showing Jonah and the whale, 2-line initial with penwork, rubric, book name and chapter number.

Illuminated initial showing Jonah and the whale, 2-line initial with p...

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Note of purchase of manuscript for St. Augustine's Canterbury.

Note of purchase of manuscript for St. Augustine's Canterbury.

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Large opening initial showing Jerome as scribe, extending far into border. 2-line red and blue initials with penwork. Placemarkers, chapter numbers. Note of ownership in upper margin.

Large opening initial showing Jerome as scribe, extending far into bor...

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Initial with animal figure. - Public domain medieval manuscript

Initial with animal figure. - Public domain medieval manuscript

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Explicit., Illuminated medieval manuscript

Explicit., Illuminated medieval manuscript

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Sixth vision: John sees seven angels with the seven plagues in jars, and seven angels holdings harps, and standing on a sea of glass shot through with fire.

Sixth vision: John sees seven angels with the seven plagues in jars, a...

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Birth notices continue. - Public domain medieval manuscript

Birth notices continue. - Public domain medieval manuscript

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Hand 8, page of tabula, explicit.

Hand 8, page of tabula, explicit.

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Latin and French text, initials, border design.

Latin and French text, initials, border design.

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Annunciation set in an elaborate church; grotesques include an armored merman aiming an arrow at an angel that grows from a flower, with trellises of grapes and flowers in the background.

Annunciation set in an elaborate church; grotesques include an armored...

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

Small initials, linefiller. - Public domain medieval manuscript

Small initials, linefiller. - Public domain medieval manuscript

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Miniature of the Holy Trinity and French text.

Miniature of the Holy Trinity and French text.

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Explicit; initials and rubrics.  Text ends mid-word and catchword at bottom -- indication that folios are missing at end?

Explicit; initials and rubrics. Text ends mid-word and catchword at b...

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Opening of main text.  Initials, rubric, linefillers, border design.

Opening of main text. Initials, rubric, linefillers, border design.

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German arms, 16th century. - Public domain document scan of drawing

German arms, 16th century. - Public domain document scan of drawing

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Beginning of hand 4 -- notes. - Public domain medieval manuscript

Beginning of hand 4 -- notes. - Public domain medieval manuscript

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Opening of main text, border design, large and small initials, linefillers.

Opening of main text, border design, large and small initials, linefil...

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Ownership note of Marye de Cambrye, wife of Quentin de Tolnare (or de Tollnaire) in 1582, with promise to pay reward if the book were returned to her.

Ownership note of Marye de Cambrye, wife of Quentin de Tolnare (or de ...

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Christ, half length and blessing; in the lower border verses in Dutch.

Christ, half length and blessing; in the lower border verses in Dutch.

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Shift from hand 1 to hand 2. - Public domain medieval manuscript

Shift from hand 1 to hand 2. - Public domain medieval manuscript

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Catchword.  Note of chapter and verse in upper margin.

Catchword. Note of chapter and verse in upper margin.

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Page of calendar, with signature of Duke of Gloucester?

Page of calendar, with signature of Duke of Gloucester?

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Opening of Part One in "later hand."

Opening of Part One in "later hand."

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Opening of text of part two. - Public domain medieval manuscript

Opening of text of part two. - Public domain medieval manuscript

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Page of text with placemarkers, initial with penwork and catchword.

Page of text with placemarkers, initial with penwork and catchword.

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Opening of first calendar, month of January, in red, green, blue and black.

Opening of first calendar, month of January, in red, green, blue and b...

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Page of calendar for November. - Public domain medieval manuscript

Page of calendar for November. - Public domain medieval manuscript

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