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Feeding the hungry (fol. 48v)

Archive Piece: BC MS 7/16 Contains digital media

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Type of record: Archive

Title: Feeding the hungry (fol. 48v)

Other titles: Littera Textualis

Level: Piece

Classmark: BC MS 7/16

Date(s): [ca. 1490 and ca. 1500-1510]

Language: Dutch

Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/373052

Collection group(s): Medieval Manuscripts

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The border is historiated with a scene of two men holding plates towards a window of a house from which a group of figures looks out. A face can also be seen appearing in the window on the upper floor. The border is decorated with peonies and speedwells. There is an initial 'G' composed of acanthus foliage and decorated with strawberries.


Context: Hours of the Holy Spirit: Te tercie tijt: God wilt dencken

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