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British Library Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts

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Initial with penwork decoration. The life of Thomas Becket in verse was composed c. 1184. It is based on one by Robert of Cricklade (d. c. 1174), prior of St. Frideswide's, Oxford, now lost. It can also be found

Historiated initial with a portrait of Ptolemy, a diagram illustrating musical principles, and, in the lower margin, the arms of Franchinus Gaufurio di Savigliano of Lodi. Vertical catchwords. 1 large historiated initial in colours and gold with a portrait

with a miniature of John the Evangelist holding a chalice with a serpent. 19th-century documents relating to the manuscript are kept as Yates Thompson 52, ff. 9-29. 12 calendar roundels in the lower margin, in colours and gold (ff. 1-12).

with a miniature of a John the Baptist, with sores on his skin. 19th-century documents relating to the manuscript are kept as Yates Thompson 52, ff. 9-29. 12 calendar roundels in the lower margin, in colours and gold (ff. 1-12).

skill. At the centre is an initial T of extreme b[?eauty...style wherein is represented the Cardinal; the rest illeg. cropped]"'. John Malcolm of Poltalloch (b. 1805, d. 1893), art collector and landowner: acquired between the first publication of the catalogue

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