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Total number of records: 48

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Medieval Manuscripts48
Brotherton Collection32
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god the father48
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Hosea and Gomer (fol. 367r)
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Hosea and Gomer (fol. 367r)

[ca. 1260]

Initial 'V' encloses the scene of God speaking to the prophet Hosea and his wife Gomer. Above it is an ornamental initial 'N' infilled with foliage and an animal head.

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God speaking to Joel (fol. 370r)
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God speaking to Joel (fol. 370r)

[ca. 1260]

Initial 'V' encloses the scene of God speaking to the prophet Joel.

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God speaks to Obadiah (fol. 374r)
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God speaks to Obadiah (fol. 374r)

[ca. 1260]

Initial 'V' encloses the scene of God speaking to the prophet Obadiah. An ornamental initial 'S' is decorated with foliage and the head of a grotesque.

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God speaking to Micah (fol. 375r)
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God speaking to Micah (fol. 375r)

[ca. 1260]

Initial 'V' encloses the scene of God speaking to the prophet Micah. Two ornamental initials 'T' and 'M' are decorated with foliage.

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God speaking to Habbakuk (fol. 378v)
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God speaking to Habbakuk (fol. 378v)

[ca. 1260]

Initial 'O' encloses the scene of God speaking to the prophet Habbakuk. An ornamental initial 'A' is decorated with foliage and an animal head.

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God speaking to Zephaniah (fol. 379v)
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God speaking to Zephaniah (fol. 379v)

[ca. 1260]

Initial 'V' encloses the scene of God speaking to the prophet Zephaniah. Ornamental initials 'T' and 'S' are decorated with foliage with small animal heads.

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God speaking to Zechariah (fol. 382r)
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God speaking to Zechariah (fol. 382r)

[ca. 1260]

Initial 'I' encloses the scene of God speaking to the prophet Zechariah.

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God speaking to Malachi (fol. 385v)
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God speaking to Malachi (fol. 385v)

[ca. 1260]

Initial 'O' encloses the scene of God speaking to the prophet Malachi, who is holding a book.

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Adam and Eve (image 2)
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Adam and Eve (image 2)

[ca. 1461-1483]

The roundel at the top left shows God creating Eve from Adam's rib (7). The roundel below it shows God instructing Adam and Eve beside the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. The roundel at the top ri...

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Adam and Eve (image 3)
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Adam and Eve (image 3)

[ca. 1461-1483]

The roundel on left shows God instructing Adam and Eve beside the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil (9). The roundel on right depicts God upbraiding Adam and Eve, who kneel in short green skirts (10)...

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St. Margaret (fol. 50v)
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St. Margaret (fol. 50v)

[ca. 1440-1460]

St. Margaret depicted escaping from the stomach of the dragon with a cross, while God looks upon her from a cloud above.

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Agony in the Garden (fol. 52v)
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Agony in the Garden (fol. 52v)

[ca. 1440-1460]

Christ kneeling in prayer in the garden of Gethsemane, looking towards a chalice, the Holy Grail, above him. Three sleeping disciples surround him. St. Peter is depicted with grey hair and beard, and ...

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