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REVEREND JOSEPH HUNTER MANUSCRIPTS: TRANSCRIPTS OF ESSEX DEEDS
19th century
Notebook of copies of deeds relating to Rich's almshouses, Felstead, Essex
A man and a monster (fol. 25r)
[ca. 142-?]
The historiated border includes an old man with webbed feet holding his beard, and a man with donkey's ears carrying a branch.
Floral border (fol. 118r)
[ca. 1450-1500]
The border is decorated with pinks, speedwells, pansies and acanthus leaves. There is a 2-line initial in blue on a gold ground.
God speaking to Habbakuk (fol. 378v)
[ca. 1260]
Initial 'O' encloses the scene of God speaking to the prophet Habbakuk. An ornamental initial 'A' is decorated with foliage and an animal head.