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Brotherton Collection5
Medieval Manuscripts5

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fabulous animals5
virgin mary3
saints2
christ2
animals2
birth and youth of christ2
fruits1
The Visitation (fol. 13r)
Archive Piece

The Visitation (fol. 13r)

[1450-1500]

The Virgin Mary and her cousin, Elizabeth, greet each other. A handmaiden stands behind the Virgin and holds a basket. The house of Zacharias and Elizabeth, a hilly landscape and a Judaean town can be...

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Job (fol. 130r)
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Job (fol. 130r)

[1450-1500]

Job sits on a dunghill and prays, while three musicians make music, trying to soothe the pain of his sores. The border is decorated with a grotesque with two heads and a lizard-like lower body, and fl...

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St. Catherine of Alexandria (fol. 247r)
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St. Catherine of Alexandria (fol. 247r)

[1450-1500]

St. Catherine is shown with a sword and wheel, the attributes of her martydom. She is holding a book, a symbol of her wisdom. The emperor who ordered her execution lies at her feet. The border is deco...

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Nativity (fol. 28r)
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Nativity (fol. 28r)

[1450-1500]

The miniature depicts the scene of the Nativity in the stable. The Virgin Mary and Joseph kneel in adoration of the Christ Child, with the ox and the ass nearby. The town of Bethlehem can be seen in ...

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Flight to Egypt (fol. 51r)
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Flight to Egypt (fol. 51r)

[1450-1500]

The Virgin Mary, Joseph and the Christ Child make their way to Egypt through a hilly landscape, Mary riding on an ass. One of the Egyptian idols falls as they approach. The city borders are seen in th...

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