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BC MS 1
BC MS 1
[ca. 142-?]
Four gatherings of 12 (Calendar), 8, 8 and 8. Leaves missing after the first two gatherings (Calendar; Gospel Sequences and Obsecro te) and the last two gatherings (Penitential psalms; Penitential psa...
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BC MS Frag. 1
BC MS Frag. 1
14th century
Comprises: 1) a leaf from a late 14th-century (?) Book of Hours, with a large arched miniature of the Annunciation, in a French style of painting. The miniature is surrounded by a full decorated borde...
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BC MS 10
BC MS 10
[ca. 1480-1500]
Decoration: 4 full-page arched miniatures within borders decorated with flowers, curled leaves, berries and putti. There are fine 3 to 4-line illuminated initials, on gold grounds and infilled with fl...
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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...
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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...
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BC MS 14
BC MS 14
[ca. 1450-1500]
Decoration: 5 (2 to 6-line) initials in blue or pink patterned in white, infilled with flowers, and on gold grounds, within full framed floral borders including designs of hens, berries, a bird and a ...
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BC MS 15
BC MS 15
[ca. 1470-1480]
f. iii is a medieval flyleaf.
Decoration: 1 full-page miniature depicting the burial service and 1 smaller miniature of the Virgin and Child, defaced in the Reformation period, and partially repaint...
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BC GB C16/17/BAL
BC GB C16/17/BAL
A brefe chronycle concernynge the examinacyon and death of the blessed martyr of Christ syr Iohan Oldecastell the lorde Cobham
Bale, John (1495-1563)
imprynted anno Domini. 1544. & vi. die Augusti
Imprint from colophon.
Place of publication from STC.
Printing often attributed to Hans Luft.
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BC GB C16/17/LUT
BC GB C16/17/LUT
A treatise touching the libertie of a Christian
Luther, Martin (1483-1546); Bell, James (fl. 1551-1596); Leo X (1475-1521)
1636
A translation of a Latin version of: Von der Freiheit eines Christenmenschen.
Includes a letter to Pope Leo X dated Wittenberg, 6 Sept. 1520.
Dedication to Anne, countess of Warwick, by James Bell...
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BC MS 16
BC MS 16
[ca. 1425]
Front flyleaves: [i-ii] modern vellum, i-iv paper, [vii-viii] modern vellum. Rear flyleaves are modern vellum. Catchwords for each quire are in scroll cartouches.
Decoration: 3 full-page coats of ar...
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BC MS 17
BC MS 17
[late 14th century, possibly before 1389]
The original total of leaves is likely to have been 118, with the majority of the missing leaves likely to have contained illuminations and been cut out in post-medieval times.
Decoration: Three 8 t...
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BC MS 18
BC MS 18
[ca. 1404-1425]
Decoration: 16 large (5-8-line) initials in blue and pink with white tracery, infilled with flowers, on gold grounds, and within full borders, of gold and vine bars decorated with acanthus leaves and ...