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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 ...
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BC MS 5/10
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 ...
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BC MS 9/10
BC MS 9/10
[ca.1480-1500]
The roundel miniature has the zodiacal sign of Gemini (the twins), showing a naked man and woman apparently standing in water. The border has a robin, a fly, strawberries, roses and other flowers.
Archive Piece:
BC MS 9/11
BC MS 9/11
[ca.1480-1500]
The miniature at the foot of the page shows two men making hay, one of them taking a break and drinking from a jug. Two female figures (one with a basket, the other with a stick) are seen walking alon...
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...
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BC MS 11/13
BC MS 11/13
[ca. 1500-1520]
The border is decorated with buttercups and butterflies (cabbage white and wall brown). 6-line foliate initial 'G'.
Archive Piece:
BC MS 11/20
BC MS 11/20
[ca. 1500-1520]
The border is decorated with a white stork, an owl, a partridge and other birds, grapes, a periwinkle, a pimpernel, pinks, and a butterfly. 11-line foliate initial formed of corn and acanthus leaves.
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BC MS 11/29
BC MS 11/29
[ca. 1500-1520]
The border is decorated with Pan (from Greek mythology), the god of Nature, with his horns and legs of a goat and body of a man, wearing a wreath and making music with pan pipes, several putti, some w...
Archive Piece:
BC MS 11/30
BC MS 11/30
[ca. 1500-1520]
The border is decorated with acanthus leaves, a deadnettle, a borage, a strawberry and a butterfly. 6-line zoomorphic initial 'S' formed of a green-winged dragon.
Archive Piece:
BC MS 11/31
BC MS 11/31
[ca. 1500-1520]
The border is decorated with pinks, strawberries, buttercups, heartsease, borage, pea flowers, mosquitos, a fly, a beetle, a butterfly, an owl, and other birds and flowers. 6-line foliate initial 'O' ...
Archive Piece:
BC MS 7/12
BC MS 7/12
[ca. 1490 and ca. 1500-1510]
The miniature depicts a tonsured male figure, clad in a white gown and a red cloak, apparently sacrificing two animals by burning them on an altar. His head-dress with a fur lining and a golden top li...
Archive Piece:
BC MS 9/13
BC MS 9/13
[ca.1480-1500]
The miniature at the foot of the page shows two men reaping corn at harvest, and one man binding sheaves. The border has a fly, pinks, pea flowers, strawberries and speedwell.