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Archive Item:
BC MS 11
BC MS 11
[ca. 1500-1520]
ff. iii, 214-218 are contemporary ruled vellum flyleaves.
Decoration: 8 full-page borders in designs of flowers, birds and insects on decorated gold ground. 11-line (or smaller), initials throughout...
Archive Item:
BC MS 12
BC MS 12
[ca. 1500-1520]
Decoration: 41 full-page miniatures. 3- and 2-line initials in blue and red throughout.
Written in hybrida.
Principal contents: Collections of prayers (ff. 1r-11v, 12r-24v, 25v-87v, 88v-93, 93r-10...
Archive Piece:
BC MS 11/1
BC MS 11/1
[ca. 1500-1520]
The gold-wash border is decorated with pinks, borage, strawberries, buttercups, forgetmenot, lungwort (?), periwinkle, beetles, birds, ladybirds and a butterfly. 11-line foliate initial 'H' formed of ...
Archive Piece:
BC MS 12/1
BC MS 12/1
[ca. 1500-1520]
A man lies in bed with hands clasped, praying to Christ who appears in the top corner.
Archive Piece:
BC MS 11/10
BC MS 11/10
[ca. 1500-1520]
The border is decorated with tall buttercups (with seedpods), a yellow daisy and curved acanthus leaves. 5-line foliate initial 'G'.
Archive Piece:
BC MS 12/10
BC MS 12/10
[ca. 1500-1520]
St. Sebastian, tied to a tree and being shot with arrows by a soldier clad in red.
Archive Piece:
BC MS 11/2
BC MS 11/2
[ca. 1500-1520]
Curved acanthus leaves in various colours and pink daisy-like flowers decorate the lower border. 6-line foliate initial 'D' formed of acanthus leaves on a gold ground.
Archive Piece:
BC MS 11/3
BC MS 11/3
[ca. 1500-1520]
The lower border is decorated with a stork, a partridge-like bird, a blue daisy (purple-stemmed aster), pinks (buds) and acanthus leaves. 6-line foliate initial 'M' formed of sheaves of green hay and ...
Archive Piece:
BC MS 11/4
BC MS 11/4
[ca. 1500-1520]
A full border decorated with wild roses, columbine, heartsease, speedwells, pinks, a blue daisy (purple-stemmed aster), acanthus leaves, a butterfly, a bullfinch, and other birds. 10-line foliate init...
Archive Piece:
BC MS 11/5
BC MS 11/5
[ca. 1500-1520]
The border is decorated with a wagtail and curved acanthus leaves in various colours. 6-line foliate initial 'L'.
Archive Piece:
BC MS 11/6
BC MS 11/6
[ca. 1500-1520]
The border is decorated with a columbine, a rose, and curved acanthus leaves. 7-line foliate initial 'L'.
Archive Piece:
BC MS 11/7
BC MS 11/7
[ca. 1500-1520]
The border is decorated with two birds (grey herons?) fighting, a butterfly and curved acanthus leaves. 6-line foliate initial 'L'.