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Calendar: November (fol. 11r)

Archive Piece: BC MS 1/21 Contains digital media

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Type of record: Archive

Title: Calendar: November (fol. 11r)

Other titles: Textualis Quadrata

Level: Piece

Classmark: BC MS 1/21

Date(s): [ca. 142-?]

Language: Latin

Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/372815

Collection group(s): Medieval Manuscripts

Description

The double-compartment miniature has a man knocking acorns out of oak-trees, and the zodiacal sign of Sagittarius (the archer). The scenes in the historiated border are: a corpse lying on a bed (All Souls); All Saints; and St Martin on horseback cutting his cloak in half to share it with a beggar.


Context: Calendar: November

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