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1.3 Ripon Cathedral Manuscripts

Brotherton Collection MS 18, fol. 7r
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Medieval manuscripts collected by the University Library in 1925, University of Leeds Special Collections
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Photograph of Lord Brotherton, 1926
Lord Brotherton's collecting of medieval manuscripts, held at the University fo Leeds Special Collections
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Medieval illuminated manuscripts from the Ripon Cathedral collection, held at the University of Leeds Special Collections
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French medieval illuminated manuscripts at the University of Leeds, Special Collections
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French medieval illuminated manuscripts at the University of Leeds, Special Collections
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Southern Netherlands medieval illuminated manuscripts at the University of Leeds, Special Collections
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Northern Netherlands medieval illuminated manuscripts at the University of Leeds, Special Collections
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Italian medieval illuminated manuscripts at the University of Leeds, Special Collections
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German medieval illuminated manuscripts at the University of Leeds, Special Collections
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English medieval illuminated manuscripts at the University of Leeds, Special Collections
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Illuminated medieval manuscripts at the University of Leeds, Special Collections
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BC MS 1: [Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis]
View a high-resolution digitised version of the illuminated medieval manuscript BC MS 1: [Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis], held in Special Collections at Leeds University Library.
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BC MS 2: [Breviarium ad Usum Parisiensem]
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BC MS 3: [Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis]
View a high-resolution digitised version of the illuminated medieval manuscript BC MS 3: [Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis], held in Special Collections at Leeds University Library.
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BC MS 4: [Hours of Antoine de Crèvecœur]
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BC MS 5: [Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis]
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BC MS 6: [Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis]
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BC MS 7: [Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis]
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BC MS 8: [Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis]
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BC MS 9: [Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis]
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BC MS 10: [Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis]
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BC MS 11: [Preces]
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BC MS 12: [Preces]
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BC MS 14: [Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis]
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BC MS 15: [Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis]
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BC MS 16: [Beverley prayer book]
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BC MS 18: [Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis]
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BC MS 22: [In epistolas canonicas]
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BC MS 23: Legenda aurea sanctorum
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BC MS 24: [Psalterium]
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BC MS 100: [Biblical and genealogical chronicle from Adam and Eve to Louis XI of France]
View a high-resolution digitised version of the illuminated medieval manuscript BC MS 100: [Biblical and genealogical chronicle from Adam and Eve to Louis XI of France], held in Special Collections at Leeds University Library.
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MS 124: [Evangelistarium]
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MS 498: [Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis]
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Ripon Cathedral MS 1: [Biblia]
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Ripon Cathedral MS 3: [Apocalypsis et Epistolae catholicae, cum glossis]
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Ripon Cathedral MS 4: [In Apocalypsim; Threni Ieremie cum glossis]
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BC MS Frag. 1: Three single leaves from medieval liturgical manuscripts
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Ripon Cathedral MS 9: [Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis]
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Nine medieval manuscripts from the old Ripon Cathedral library have been on long-term deposit at Leeds University Library since 1985 (Ripon Cathedral MSS 1-9). Most were collected by Anthony Higgin, Dean of Ripon from 1608 to 1624. Ripon's medieval library was thoroughly dispersed at the Dissolution.

There are some impressive examples of illumination in these manuscripts. The most remarkable example is the 13th century Bible possibly produced in Oxford (Ripon Cathedral MS 1). You can find some large and finely decorated initials in the 12th century glossed Apocalypse and Catholic Epistles (Ripon Cathedral MS 3) and two codices originally bound together – Berengaudus's Apocalypse commentary and a glossed Lamentations of Jeremiah (Ripon Cathedral MS 4).

Dr Katja Monier