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Total number of records: 13

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Collection group	Count
Medieval Manuscripts	13
Brotherton Collection	12
Ripon Cathedral	1

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Subject	Count
holy ghost (as dove)	13
virgin mary	8
angels	6
god the father	5
birds	5
holy trinity	4
christ	4
fabulous animals	3
saints	2
flowers	2

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From 1300	1
From 1400	11

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Up to 1299	1
Up to 1399	1
Up to 1499	11

Archive Piece

Annunciation to the Virgin (fol. 39r)

[ca. 1440-1460]

The miniature depicts Angel Gabriel announcing the birth of Christ to the Virgin Mary. Gabriel, with green and orange wings, holds a scroll that reads "Aue gracia plena dominus tecum" (abbreviated and...

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