King David ringing bells (fol. 57r)
The historiated initial depicts King David ringing bells. Context: Psalter: Exultate deo adjutori nostro...
Medieval Manuscripts
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Acanthus leaves (fol. 183v)
The border is decorated with acanthus leaves and a flower. 7-line foliate initial 'A'. Context: Prayer after the Holy Sacrament: O sacratissimum cor...
Alexander the Great (image 15)
The roundel depicts Alexander the Great, king of Macedon (29). The artist has user a generic warrior model, almost identical to that used for Joshua (...
Genealogical tables (image 9)
Part of the genealogical network or tree that follows throughout the manuscript, names written within red circles. Several initials in gold on blue/re...
Adam and Eve (image 3)
The roundel on left shows God instructing Adam and Eve beside the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil (9). The roundel on right depicts God upbraiding ...
Foliate initials (fol. 84v)
Two initials 'D' and 'R' composed of and infilled with foliage in pink, blue, red and green, extending to the border, and further decorated with golde...
Foliate initial (fol. 77v)
5-line initial 'S' composed of foliage, in black outline, touched in red, on a blue and green background. Context: Bede's commentary on the Catholic...
De officiis
Ff. 39-41 were written by a later, possibly 14th-century, hand. Annotations throughout the manuscript are written in three different hands. Decorati...
The Finding of the Cross (fol. 106v)
Part of the South English Legendary Brotherton Collection MS 501, fols 103r, 104r-107v (bound in the wrong order; correct reading order is 107r-v, 1...
The Finding of the Cross (fol. 103r)
Part of the South English Legendary Brotherton Collection MS 501, fols 103r, 104r-107v (bound in the wrong order; correct reading order is 107r-v, 1...