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Total number of records: 16

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Medieval Manuscripts16
Brotherton Collection15

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manuscripts, latin (medieval and modern)16
books of hours14
prayer-books2
breviaries1

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Catholic Church16
Crevecoeur, Antoine De1
Braddyll Family1
Hughes De Mazijnghem1

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[Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis]
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[Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis]

[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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[Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis]
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[Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis]

[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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[Preces]
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[Preces]

[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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[Preces]
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[Preces]

[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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[Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis]
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[Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis]

[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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[Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis]
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[Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis]

Braddyll family

[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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[Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis]
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[Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis]

[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 ...

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[Breviarium ad Usum Parisiensem]
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[Breviarium ad Usum Parisiensem]

[ca. 1440-1460]

Decoration: 27 large arched miniatures, seven historiated 9-line initials, and several 1-4-line decorated initials and line-fillers throughout. Fine rinceaux border throughout the manuscript. Dr J. J....

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[Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis]
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[Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis]

[ca. 1440-1460]

Decoration: 22 full-page miniatures within arched compartments surrounded by full floral borders, and 22 historiated initials. The illuminations are probably by a French artist. Written in textualis...

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[Hours of Antoine de Crèvecœur]
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[Hours of Antoine de Crèvecœur]

Antoine de Crèvecoeur; Hughes de Mazijnghem

[1450-1475]

Decoration: 38 large arched miniatures surrounded by framed borders in designs of intricate curving foliage and ivy leaves in pen and gold, enclosing strawberries and flowers in colour. Decorated init...

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[Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis]
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[Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis]

[ca. 1450-1500]

The quire signatures (b-o) indicate a missing quire at the beginning of the manuscript (a calendar). Decoration: One full-page miniature (Virgin and Child) and two smaller miniatures. One 4-line his...

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[Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis]
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[Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis]

[ca. 1440-1460]

Decoration: 12 large miniatures in arched compartments surrounded by full borders on parti-coloured grounds divided up into areas of liquid gold and unpainted vellum. Decorated borders throughout the ...

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