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[Biblia]
[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...
[Anselm, etc.]
Anselm Saint, Archbishop of Canterbury (1033-1109); John Chrysostom, Saint (407); Bernard, of Clairvaux, Saint (1153); Hugh of Saint-Victor (1096?-1141)
[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...
[Apocalypsis et Epistolae catholicae, cum glossis]
[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...
[In Apocalypsim; Threni Ieremie cum glossis]
Berengaudus (fl. ca. 859)
[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...
[Aurora]
Petrus Riga; Hugh of Saint-Victor (1096?-1141)
[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...
[Meditationes vite Christi]
Bonaventure Saint, Cardinal (1217-1274)
[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...
[Breviarium Eboracense, etc.]
Kirkby, John Bishop of Ely (1290); Hildyard family
[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)....
[Psalterium]
[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...
[Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis]
[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...