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Ripon Cathedral MS 1
Ripon Cathedral MS 1
[ca. 1260]
Decoration: biblical books and divisions of Psalms have historiated 9-line initials in colours, on gold grounds, and with ornamental bars extending to the margins that are often decorated by birds and...
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Ripon Cathedral MS 2
Ripon Cathedral MS 2
[ca. 1200-1250]
There is a late 13th-century list of contents on f. 1v.
Decoration: 4 to 5-line initials for each text in blue and red, with pen ornament in both colours. 2-line initials for chapters, alternating i...
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Ripon Cathedral MS 3
Ripon Cathedral MS 3
[ca. 1140-1160]
Decoration: A large decorated incipit word 'Apocalipsis' in blue, red and green for the Apocalypse commentary. A large decorated incipit initial in blue, red and green and running titles in red for th...
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Ripon Cathedral MS 4
Ripon Cathedral MS 4
[ca. 1140-1160]
Decoration: 2 large initials infilled with foliage and beasts, and 4 smaller initials in colours.
Written in littera minuscula protogothica textualis.
In the commentary on the Apocalypse, lines co...
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Ripon Cathedral MS 5
Ripon Cathedral MS 5
[ca. 1140-1160; 1180-1220]
Leaves are missing after ff. 24 and 34, with gaps in the text; ends imperfectly.
Written in protogothic minuscule.
On long-term deposit from Ripon Cathedral.
A letter (1954) about the manuscript...
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Ripon Cathedral MS 6
Ripon Cathedral MS 6
[1400]
Catchwords in cartouches, framed with red or brown ink, and some decorated with crude penwork.
Decoration: 9-line incipit initial in blue, surrounded by red decorative penwork. Similar 2-line initia...
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Ripon Cathedral MS 7
Ripon Cathedral MS 7
[ca. 1440-1460; 1518; 1550-1600]
Decoration: 2-line initials in blue with red penwork ornamentation (ff. 6-16).
Written in textualis quadrata (ff. 6-16), bastard (f. 17r) textualis rotunda (f. 17v), and chancery hand (ff. 18r-71r)....
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Ripon Cathedral MS 8
Ripon Cathedral MS 8
[1418]
A leaf missing before f. 14. A raised pastedown (f. 190) with the text in the form of absolution on recto, and part of a licence on verso.
Decoration: 2 to 3-line initials in blue with elaborate red...
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Ripon Cathedral MS 9
Ripon Cathedral MS 9
[ca. 1350-1400]
Decoration: 3 (5-line) initials in blue and pink patterned in white on burnished gold grounds with flower infills, extended as a bar at sides and foot, with full borders with corner sprays of acanthus...