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Total number of records: 14
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Archive Piece:
BC MS 1/4
BC MS 1/4
[ca. 142-?]
The historiated border has an unidentified bishop; St. Peter, seated, holding a book and his symbol, the key (corresponding to the feast of the Chair of St. Peter, "Cathedra Sancti Petri"); possibly (...
Archive Piece:
BC MS 14/1
BC MS 14/1
[ca. 1450-1500]
Red initial 'O' with foliate infill in pink, green and ochre, on a blue ground. Pasted in from another (13th-century?) manuscript.
Archive Piece:
BC MS 14/10
BC MS 14/10
[ca. 1450-1500]
Initial 'M', halved in red and blue, with a white outline, infilled with curved foliage in blue, green, and red. Pasted in from another (13th-century?) manuscript.
Archive Piece:
BC MS 14/11
BC MS 14/11
[ca. 1450-1500]
A crescent-shaped (like a rotated initial 'C') decorative design in red, infilled with red and green tendrils, with white penwork circles, on a light blue ground. Below is a small decorative leaf in o...
Archive Piece:
BC MS 14/12
BC MS 14/12
[ca. 1450-1500]
Red initial 'O' infilled with a saint or prophet clad in a blue and gold cloak and red garments, holding a scroll. On a patterned background, inside a blue square. Pasted in from another (13th-century...
Archive Item:
BC MS 14
BC MS 14
[ca. 1450-1500]
Decoration: 5 (2 to 6-line) initials in blue or pink patterned in white, infilled with flowers, and on gold grounds, within full framed floral borders including designs of hens, berries, a bird and a ...
Archive Piece:
BC MS 14/2
BC MS 14/2
[ca. 1450-1500]
Interlaced foliage design in pink, green and ochre, on a blue ground. Pasted in from another (13th-century?) manuscript.
Archive Piece:
BC MS 14/3
BC MS 14/3
[ca. 1450-1500]
Blue initial 'O' with foliate infill in pink, green and ochre, and with two small grotesque heads, on a red ground. Pasted in from another (13th-century?) manuscript.
Archive Piece:
BC MS 14/4
BC MS 14/4
[ca. 1450-1500]
The border has an archer shooting at a bird, and is further decorated with thistles, bluebells and acanthus leaves. 6-line initial in blue with white penwork ornamentation is infilled with foliage, on...
Archive Piece:
BC MS 14/5
BC MS 14/5
[ca. 1450-1500]
The border has two cockerels, peas in pods, pansies, thistles and acanthus leaves. 6-line initial in red with write penwork ornamentation is infilled with flowers in a vase, on a gold ground.
Archive Piece:
BC MS 14/6
BC MS 14/6
[ca. 1450-1500]
The border is decorated with a cockerel, grapes, pinks, thistles and acanthus leaves. A 3-line initial in blue has white penwork ornamentation, on a gold ground.
Archive Piece:
BC MS 14/7
BC MS 14/7
[ca. 1450-1500]
Blue initial 'O' with white penwork ornamentation, and with foliate infill in blue, green, red and ochre, on a pink ground. Pasted in from another (13th-century?) manuscript.