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manuscripts, latin (medieval and modern)8
christ3
theology2
virgin mary2
passion of christ1
saints1
sin1
verse satire, latin1
lectionaries1
christian poetry, latin1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Grosseteste, Robert (1175-1253)1
Jacobus of Juterbogk1
William1
William of Waddington1
De Voragine, Jacobus Archbishop of Genoa (1229-1298)1
De Clusa, Jacobus (1381-1465)1
Benedict Stolzenhagen1
Caesar, Julius1
Catholic Church1
Clemens, Aurelius Prudentius1

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Le manuel des pecchez

William of Waddington

[ca. 1300-1350]

Includes catchwords at the end of quires. Decoration: 8-line incipit initial 'L' in blue and red, infilled with a leaf decoration in red; 2-line initials in blue, with red ornament, throughout; 1-li...

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Psychomachia, by Aurelius Prudentius Clemens

Clemens, Aurelius Prudentius

13--?

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Legenda aurea sanctorum, by Jacobus de Voragine

de Voragine, Jacobus Archbishop of Genoa (1229-1298)

c.1312

Includes a 13th century manuscript of Josephus and a 13th century Breviary bound into the codex as fly-leaves

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Tractatus de statu et officio prelatorum; de animabus exutis a corporibus; et de anno jubileo, by Jacobus de Clusa

de Clusa, Jacobus (1381-1465)

14--

Comprises three tractates on Church officials, the disembodied human soul, and the Year of Jubilee

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[Evangelistarium]
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[Evangelistarium]

[ca. 1480-1520]

Decoration: A large incipit initial in blue with a white pattern, and decorated with a leafy design in red, blue, green and purple, and extending as a floral border in the inner margin. In the lower m...

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Cest le liure des fays des Romains conpille en[sem]ble de la [...]uste et de suetoyne et du lucain [...]

[1440-1460]

The outer columns of text on ff. 6-10 are lacking. Columns are numbered with modern pencil throughout, 1-975. Decoration: 6-line incipit initial 'A' in red and green, decorated with red pen-orname...

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Iunii Iuuenalis aquinatis satyra prima

[ca. 1470-1490]

Decoration: Title and incipit words in rustic capitals in gold, blue and red. The 6-line incipit initial 'S' is in gold on green decorated ground. The text of the first page is presented as if written...

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[Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis]
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[Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis]

[ca. 1450-1500]

The quire signatures (b-o) indicate a missing quire at the beginning of the manuscript (a calendar). Decoration: One full-page miniature (Virgin and Child) and two smaller miniatures. One 4-line his...

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Christ (fol. 1r)
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Christ (fol. 1r)

[ca 1450-1500]

4-line initial 'D' in blue on red background, decorated with a strawberry, a speedwell and a daisy, and inhabited with a head-and-shoulders portrait of Christ, crowned with thorns.

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Decorated initials (fol. 42v)
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Decorated initials (fol. 42v)

[ca 1480-1520]

6- and 4-line initials in red and blue, infilled and decorated with floral ornamentation in various colours.

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Decorated initials (fol. 47v)
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Decorated initials (fol. 47v)

[ca 1480-1520]

7- and 3-line initials 'I' in red and blue, decorated with pen ornamentation of flowers and pomegranates in various colours.

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