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Brotherton Collection12
Medieval Manuscripts12

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fabulous animals3
psalters1
manuscripts, latin (medieval and modern)1
birds1

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Gold initial (fol. 14r)
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Gold initial (fol. 14r)

[ca. 1450-1500]

5-line initial 'S' in gold on a red/blue background with white penwork ornamentation of flowers and leaves. The initial extends into a 1/4 bar-frame border in gold and red/blue. The rest of the border...

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Floral border (fol. 218v)
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Floral border (fol. 218v)

[ca. 1450-1500]

3-line initial 'D' in gold, decorated with blue penwork. 1/4 bar-frame border in gold and red/blue. The rest of the border is decorated with hairline tendrils supporting barbed quatrefoils, trefoils, ...

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King David's Messenger (fol. 39r)
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King David's Messenger (fol. 39r)

[ca. 1440-1460]

The historiated border includes King David's messenger carrying a scroll.

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Pig and bird (fol. 25r)
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Pig and bird (fol. 25r)

[ca. 1450-1500]

3-line initial 'B' in gold on a red/blue background with white penwork ornamentation of flowers, and decorated with two small quatrefoils at corners. The initial extends into a 1/4 bar-frame column bo...

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[Psalterium]
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[Psalterium]

[ca. 1450-1500]

Decoration: initials in gold on halved blue and red grounds patterned with white penwork. The initials extend into bar borders, usually along one side only, with further decoration in the margings in ...

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Floral border (fol. 52r)
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Floral border (fol. 52r)

[ca. 1450-1500]

4-line initial 'I' in gold and blue, decorated with green and red penwork. 1/4 bar-frame border in gold and blue. The borders are decorated mainly with barbed quatrefoils, gold discs, green leaves and...

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Floral border (fol. 67r)
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Floral border (fol. 67r)

[ca. 1450-1500]

5-line initial 'D' gold, on red/blue background decorated with white penwork of flowers and leaves. 1/4 bar-frame border in gold and blue which develops into hairlines and vines supporting flowers: ba...

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Floral border (fol. 83r)
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Floral border (fol. 83r)

[ca. 1450-1500]

4-line initial 'G' in gold, on red/blue background, infilled with an aroid flower. Floral border composed of hairline tendrils connecting trefoils, golden pine cones, small green leaves, a large aroid...

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Floral border (fol. 101r)
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Floral border (fol. 101r)

[ca. 1450-1500]

4-line initial 'U' in gold, on red/blue background, decorated with white penwork (a coat of arms with four fleur de lis). Floral border composed of hairline tendrils supporting large fantastical flowe...

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Hippocamp (fol. 117v)
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Hippocamp (fol. 117v)

[ca. 1450-1500]

4-line initial 'S' in gold, on red/blue background, decorated with white penwork (flowers and leaves). A bar-frame column border in gold and blue, and with small green leaf motifs. The border is decor...

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Floral border (fol. 135r)
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Floral border (fol. 135r)

[ca. 1450-1500]

4-line initial 'D' in gold, on a red/blue background, decorated with white penwork. 1/4 bar-frame border in gold and blue. The rest of the border is decorated with barbed quatrefoils, golden balls and...

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Dragons (fol. 141v)
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Dragons (fol. 141v)

[ca. 1450-1500]

3-line initial 'I' in gold on a blue/red background decorated with white penwork ornamentation of fleur de lis. A bar-frame column border in gold and blue, which extends in the upper border into a vin...

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