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Caring for the Sick (fol. 54v)

Archive Piece: BC MS 7/19 Contains digital media

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Type of record: Archive

Title: Caring for the Sick (fol. 54v)

Other titles: Littera Textualis

Level: Piece

Classmark: BC MS 7/19

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

Language: Dutch

Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/373055

Collection group(s): Medieval Manuscripts

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The border is historiated with a man, presumably a doctor, sitting by a bed and holding out a white bottle. Two patients lie in their beds wearing white caps. The border is decorated with heartsease, and the initial 'G', composed of acanthus foliage, is inhabited by two putti and a rose.


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

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