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Total number of records: 102

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Medieval Manuscripts102
Brotherton Collection100

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virgin mary102
christ64
saints33
birth and youth of christ29
angels26
passion of christ16
animals15
birds13
holy ghost (as dove)13
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Archive Piece:
BC MS 1/3
[ca. 142-?]
The double-compartment miniature has a man warming his feet at a fire, and the zodiacal sign of Pisces (the fish). The scenes in the historiated border are: St. Brigid of Ireland holding a lantern; po...
Archive Piece:
BC MS 1/6
[ca. 142-?]
The scenes in the historiated border are: Resurrection of Christ (Easter), St. Gertrude of Nivelles, an unidentified monk holding a crosier and a book, and the Annunciation to the Virgin by the angel ...
Archive Piece:
BC MS 1/14
[ca. 142-?]
The scenes in the historiated border are: an unidentified bishop; St Mary Magdalen holding a book and an ointment jar; St. Christopher carrying Christ across the stream, and St. James the Great, hold...
Archive Piece:
BC MS 1/15
[ca. 142-?]
The double-compartment miniature has a man threshing, and the zodiacal sign of Virgo (the virgin). The scenes in the historiated border are: St. Peter holding a key and a book; St. Stephen holding sto...
Archive Piece:
BC MS 1/17
[ca. 142-?]
The double-compartment miniature has a man treading grapes, and the zodiacal sign of Libra (the balance, or scales). The scenes in the historiated border are: St Anthony with a book; an unidentified b...
Archive Piece:
BC MS 1/21
[ca. 142-?]
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 S...
Archive Piece:
BC MS 1/24
[ca. 142-?]
The scenes in the historiated border are: St. John the Apostle with a chalice and a palm branch; St Thomas the Apostle; the Nativity in the stable with the Virgin Mary holding the Christ-Child, Joseph...
Archive Piece:
BC MS 1/36
[ca. 142-?]
The historiated border includes an angel carrying two wine carafes, an angel playing a psaltery, an angel playing a hurdy-gurdy, and a grotesque playing a brass instrument. The historiated initial has...
Archive Piece:
BC MS 6/1
[1450-1500]
The Virgin Mary and her cousin, Elizabeth, greet each other. A handmaiden stands behind the Virgin and holds a basket. The house of Zacharias and Elizabeth, a hilly landscape and a Judaean town can be...
Archive Piece:
BC MS 7/1
[ca. 1490 and ca. 1500-1510]
The full page miniature depicts the Coronation of the Virgin in heaven, and a patron couple in prayer. In the main, arched, miniature God the Father and Christ are enthroned in heaven, holding globes ...
Archive Piece:
BC MS 10/1
[ca. 1480-1500]
This full page miniature shows the Virgin Mary holding the Christ-Child between pillars within a classical arch. Above them God the Father is blessing and holding the orb. On either side of him is a r...
Archive Piece:
BC MS 5/10
[ca. 1440-1460]
The miniature depicts the three Magi, represented as kings, with the Virgin and Child in the stable, and offering gold, frankincense and myrrh. The oldest king (Caspar) kneels in front of Christ. The ...