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Christ at table from BL YT 13, f. 106
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Miniature of the Feast in the house of Simon, with Christ at table between a man and a woman, while Mary Magdalen, with a gold casket by her, kneels and washes Christ's feet, with a bas-de-page scene of John the Baptist being brought before Herod and Herodias, with a caption reading, ‘Cy est seint iohan mene devaut le roy herodes.’ Image taken from f. 106 of Book of Hours, Use of Sarum ('The Taymouth Hours'). Written in Latin and French.
Henry Yates Thompson (1838-1928) was a British collector and philanthropist who assembled this remarkable collection over his lifetime. The collection is now housed at the British Library in London.
Henry Yates Thompson was born into a wealthy family in 1838. Thompson began collecting manuscripts and other items in the 1870s. His collection quickly gained recognition for its exceptional quality and breadth. He had a keen eye for illuminated manuscripts, which are manuscripts decorated with intricate illustrations and calligraphy. The collection has a particular emphasis on medieval manuscripts.
In medieval illuminated manuscripts, bas-de-page scenes are unframed, sometimes whimsical images that appear below the written text and may or may not refer to it.
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