Search Special Collections

Archive Piece:
BC MS 1/25

[ca. 142-?]

The scenes in the historiated border are: eagle, the symbol of the Evangelist St John; St John; and St John on Patmos, with the devil behind him stealing the ink-well.

Archive Piece:
BC MS 1/27

[ca. 142-?]

The scenes in the historiated border are: a grotesque in the form of a green bird with a head of a bearded old man; the ox, the symbol of the Evangelist St Luke; St Luke copying a manuscript from an e...

Archive Piece:
BC MS 1/34

[ca. 142-?]

The historiated border includes an angel playing a hurdy-gurdy; a lion, the symbol of the Evangelist St Mark, and St Mark writing.

Archive Piece:
BC MS 1/55

[ca. 142-?]

The historiated border includes a dog or a deer dressed up as a bishop, and a group of three birds, including a cockerell, wearing gowns.

Archive Piece:
Ripon Cathedral MS 1/2

[ca. 1260]

Initial 'I' encloses the scene of God creating Heaven and Earth, the trees and plants, the sun and moon, the birds and animals, Adam, God resting on the seventh day, and the Crucifixion of Christ with...

Archive Piece:
Ripon Cathedral MS 1/11

[ca. 1260]

Initial 'F' encloses the scene of Saul piercing himself with a sword and jumping into the sea. The border includes a head of a deer.

Archive Piece:
Ripon Cathedral MS 1/26

[ca. 1260]

Initial 'S' encloses the scene of Jonah being thrown to the whale by two men in a boat. The other initial 'S' has Jonah coming out of the whale, and God raising his hand in blessing while holding the ...

Archive Piece:
Ripon Cathedral MS 1/30

[ca. 1260]

Initial 'P' encloses the scene of King Solomon, wearing a crown, teaching Rehoboam, who is holding a book. It is further decorated with a deer (?) head. The initial 'I' is decorated with a hybrid of a...

Archive Piece:
Ripon Cathedral MS 1/39

[ca. 1260]

Initial 'E' encloses the vision of the prophet Ezekiel: the tetramorph of the four evangelists. His vision was of God sitting on his throne, being carried by the symbols of the four evangelists: a man...

Archive Piece:
Ripon Cathedral MS 1/40

[ca. 1260]

Initial 'A' encloses the scene of Nebuchadnezzar approaching the gate of Jerusalem on horseback, while two soldiers watch from a tower.

Archive Piece:
Ripon Cathedral MS 1/41

[ca. 1260]

Initial 'V' encloses the scene of God speaking to the prophet Hosea and his wife Gomer. Above it is an ornamental initial 'N' infilled with foliage and an animal head.

Archive Piece:
Ripon Cathedral MS 1/43

[ca. 1260]

Initial 'V' encloses the scene of Amos seated in a field with his flocks of sheep. The border has a hybrid of a bird with a human head.