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Brotherton Collection3
Medieval Manuscripts3

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fabulous animals3
birds1
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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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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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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