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3.20 Biblical and genealogical chronicle from Adam and Eve to Louis XI of France [BC MS 100]

Medieval illuminated manuscripts
Brotherton Collection MS 18, fol. 7r

Medieval illuminated manuscripts

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[Evangelistarium]

1.1 Special Collections Manuscripts

Medieval manuscripts collected by the University Library in 1925, University of Leeds Special Collections
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Photograph of Lord Brotherton, 1926

1.2 Brotherton Collection Manuscripts

Lord Brotherton's collecting of medieval manuscripts, held at the University fo Leeds Special Collections
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Jerome (fol. 2r)

1.3 Ripon Cathedral Manuscripts

Medieval illuminated manuscripts from the Ripon Cathedral collection, held at the University of Leeds Special Collections
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King David (fol. 21r)

2.1 French medieval illuminated manuscripts

French medieval illuminated manuscripts at the University of Leeds, Special Collections
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St. Luke, the Evangelist (fol. 14v)

2.2 French medieval illuminated manuscripts: part 2

French medieval illuminated manuscripts at the University of Leeds, Special Collections
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Corpus Christi (fol. 25r)

2.3 Southern Netherlands medieval illuminated manuscripts

Southern Netherlands medieval illuminated manuscripts at the University of Leeds, Special Collections
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Coronation of the Virgin (fol. 17v)

2.4 Northern Netherlands medieval illuminated manuscripts

Northern Netherlands medieval illuminated manuscripts at the University of Leeds, Special Collections
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Crucifixion of Christ (fol. 103r)

2.5 Italian medieval illuminated manuscripts

Italian medieval illuminated manuscripts at the University of Leeds, Special Collections
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Pan and other mythical creatures (fol. 97r)

2.6 German medieval illuminated manuscripts

German medieval illuminated manuscripts at the University of Leeds, Special Collections
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Burial service (fol. 7v)

2.7 English medieval illuminated manuscripts

English medieval illuminated manuscripts at the University of Leeds, Special Collections
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Seven Sorrows of the Virgin (fol. 142v)

3 Manuscripts in detail

Illuminated medieval manuscripts at the University of Leeds, Special Collections
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BC MS 1: [Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis]

3.1 Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis [BC MS 1]

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BC MS 2: [Breviarium ad Usum Parisiensem]

3.2 Breviarium ad Usum Parisiensem [BC MS 2]

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BC MS 3: [Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis]

3.3 Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis [BC MS 3]

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BC MS 4: [Hours of Antoine de Crèvecœur]

3.4 Hours of Antoine de Crèvecœur [BC MS 4]

View a high-resolution digitised version of the illuminated medieval manuscript BC MS 4: [Hours of Antoine de Crèvecœur], held in Special Collections at Leeds University Library.
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BC MS 5: [Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis]

3.5 Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis [BC MS 5]

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BC MS 6: [Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis]

3.6 Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis [BC MS 6]

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BC MS 7: [Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis]

3.7 Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis [BC MS 7]

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BC MS 8: [Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis]

3.8 Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis [BC MS 8]

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BC MS 9: [Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis]

3.9 Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis [BC MS 9]

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BC MS 10: [Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis]

3.10 Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis [BC MS 10]

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BC MS 11: [Preces]

3.11 Preces [BC MS 11]

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BC MS 12: [Preces]

3.12 Preces [BC MS 12]

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BC MS 14: [Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis]

3.13 Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis [BC MS 14]

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BC MS 15: [Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis]

3.14 Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis [BC MS 15]

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BC MS 16: [Beverley prayer book]

3.15 Beverley prayer book [BC MS 16]

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BC MS 18: [Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis]

3.16 Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis [BC MS 18]

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BC MS 22: [In epistolas canonicas]

3.17 In epistolas canonicas [BC MS 22]

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BC MS 23: Legenda aurea sanctorum

3.18 Legenda aurea sanctorum [BC MS 23]

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BC MS 24: [Psalterium]

3.19 Psalterium [BC MS 24]

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BC MS 100: [Biblical and genealogical chronicle from Adam and Eve to Louis XI of France]

3.20 Biblical and genealogical chronicle from Adam and Eve to Louis XI of France [BC MS 100]

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]

3.21 Evangelistarium [MS 124]

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MS 498: [Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis]

3.22 Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis [MS 498]

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Ripon Cathedral MS 1: [Biblia]

3.23 Biblia [Ripon Cathedral MS 1]

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Ripon Cathedral MS 3: [Apocalypsis et Epistolae catholicae, cum glossis]

3.24 Apocalypsis et Epistolae catholicae, cum glossis [Ripon Cathedral MS 3]

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Ripon Cathedral MS 4: [In Apocalypsim; Threni Ieremie cum glossis]

3.25 In Apocalypsim; Threni Ieremie cum glossis [Ripon Cathedral MS 4]

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BC MS Frag. 1: Three single leaves from medieval liturgical manuscripts

3.26 Three single leaves from medieval liturgical manuscripts [BC MS Frag. 1]

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Ripon Cathedral MS 9: [Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis]

3.27 Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis [Ripon Cathedral MS 9]

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Page details

  • Title: The Creation (image 1)
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  • Description: Six roundels depicting God's creation: the separation of sky and earth (1), creation of trees and plants (2), creation of waters and fishes (3), creation of animals (4), creation of angels (5), and the fall of wicked angels (6). The roundel below them on the left, shows God creating Eve from Adam's rib (7). The roundel on the right, depicts the Temptation: Adam and Eve by the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, from which the serpent offers a fruit to Eve (8). A full rinceau border with hairline tendrils holding golden ivy leaves and balls, and amongst them flowers and berries, including strawberries, daisy heads, roses, thistles, poppyheads, speedwells, grapes, pantsies, bluebells, red currants, and acanthus leaves. 7-line initial 'C' in blue, infilled with foliage, on a gold ground..

    Context: History of the world: Biblical history

Pages

Pages
  1. The Creation (image 1)
  2. Adam and Eve (image 2)
  3. Adam and Eve (image 3)
  4. The labours of Adam (image 4)
  5. Noah's Ark (image 5)
  6. Tower of Babel (image 6)
  7. Genealogical tables (image 7)
  8. Joshua (image 8)
  9. Genealogical tables (image 9)
  10. Destruction of Troy (image 10)
  11. Genealogical tables (image 11)
  12. Zedekiah, Samaria, Brutus, Sincambre (image 12)
  13. Nebuchadnezzar, Balthasar, Rome, Paris (image 13)
  14. Queen Vashti and Rape of the Sabines (image 14)
  15. Alexander the Great (image 15)
  16. Judas Machabeus, Nativity of Christ (image 16)
  17. Ihesus Nazarenus Rex Iudeorum (image 17)
  18. Annunciation, Julius Caesar, London (image 18)
  19. Sicambrians and Romans fighting (image 19)
  20. French beating the Romans (image 20)
  21. Pharamond, Conain (image 21)
  22. Baptism of Clovis (image 22)
  23. Saint-Denis (image 23)
  24. King Arthur kills Mordred (image 24)
  25. Crowning of Pepin (image 25)
  26. Genealogical tables (image 26)
  27. Gregory the Great (image 27)
  28. Hugh the Capet, Godfrey of Bouillon (image 28)
  29. Charlemagne (image 29)
  30. Louis, Godfrey of Bouillon (image 30)
  31. Genealogical tables (image 31)
  32. Beranger I, Philip VI of Valois (image 32)
  33. John II, Charles V , Edward I (image 33)
  34. Genealogical tables (image 34)
  35. Charles VI of France (image 35)
  36. Charles VII of France (image 36)
  37. Decorated initials (image 37)
  38. Decorated initials (image 38)
  39. Decorated initials (image 39)
  40. Louis XI of France (image 40)