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Burial service (fol. 7v)

Archive Piece: BC MS 15/1 Contains digital media

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Type of record: Archive

Title: Burial service (fol. 7v)

Other titles: Textualis Quadrata

Level: Piece

Classmark: BC MS 15/1

Date(s): [ca. 1470-1480]

Language: Latin

Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/373319

Collection group(s): Medieval Manuscripts

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Full-page miniature depicting a burial service, defaced in the Reformation period and partially repainted much later. A priest stands at the altar, four clerics stand at the side, and six mourners, clad in black cloaks and holding candles, stand around the coffin. Full bar-frame borders in gold and blue/rose, and a full floral border with large flowers and acanthus leaves in blue, rose and green, and with white shading. Hairline tendrils decorated with small gold balls with coloured lobes.


Context: Passion sequence according to St John

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