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Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton7
Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st Baron (1856-1930)7
Koberger, Anton (1440-1513)3
Koberger, Anton3
Creussner, Friedrich (1499-)2
Caracciolo, Roberto (1425-1495)2
Kenyon, George Kenyon Baron (1776-1855)2
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Archive Print Item

Lambeth faire, wherein you have all the Bishops trinkets set to sale

1641

A verse satire, directed against Matthew Wren, bishop of Ely. Anti-Pope woodcut on title-page, surrounded by two couplets, a Latin motto and the imprint. Anon., by Richard Overton?. Illustrated ...

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[Preces]
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[Preces]

[ca. 1500-1520]

Decoration: 41 full-page miniatures. 3- and 2-line initials in blue and red throughout. Written in hybrida. Principal contents: Collections of prayers (ff. 1r-11v, 12r-24v, 25v-87v, 88v-93, 93r-10...

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[Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis]
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[Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis]

[ca. 1480-1500]

Decoration: 4 full-page arched miniatures within borders decorated with flowers, curled leaves, berries and putti. There are fine 3 to 4-line illuminated initials, on gold grounds and infilled with fl...

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[Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis]
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[Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis]

[ca. 142-?]

Four gatherings of 12 (Calendar), 8, 8 and 8. Leaves missing after the first two gatherings (Calendar; Gospel Sequences and Obsecro te) and the last two gatherings (Penitential psalms; Penitential psa...

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[Preces]
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[Preces]

[ca. 1500-1520]

ff. iii, 214-218 are contemporary ruled vellum flyleaves. Decoration: 8 full-page borders in designs of flowers, birds and insects on decorated gold ground. 11-line (or smaller), initials throughout...

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[Breviarium ad Usum Parisiensem]
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[Breviarium ad Usum Parisiensem]

[ca. 1440-1460]

Decoration: 27 large arched miniatures, seven historiated 9-line initials, and several 1-4-line decorated initials and line-fillers throughout. Fine rinceaux border throughout the manuscript. Dr J. J....

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[Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis]
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[Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis]

[ca. 1440-1460]

Decoration: 22 full-page miniatures within arched compartments surrounded by full floral borders, and 22 historiated initials. The illuminations are probably by a French artist. Written in textualis...

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[Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis]
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[Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis]

[ca. 1440-1460]

Decoration: 12 large miniatures in arched compartments surrounded by full borders on parti-coloured grounds divided up into areas of liquid gold and unpainted vellum. Decorated borders throughout the ...

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[Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis]
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[Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis]

[1450-1500]

Decoration: 14 arched full-page miniatures over four lines of text and within full decorated borders in designs of curled leaves, flowers, birds and grotesques. Gold is used for highligting in the min...

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[Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis]
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[Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis]

[ca. 1490]

Decoration: 20 full-page miniatures within full architectural borders in gilt. The lower border includes the incipit for each liturgical text. 24 smaller miniatures, as well as 12 Calendar miniatures ...

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[Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis]
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[Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis]

[ca.1480-1500]

With vertical catchwords. Decoration: 24 Calendar miniatures with illuminated borders of naturalistic flowers, birds (particularly peacocks) and insects on a yellow gold ground. 18 pages with framed...

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Observations on the Roman Catholic question

Kenyon, George Kenyon Baron (1776-1855)

1810

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