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Jan. 28th, 2022 02:21 pmThree suns over Mortimer's Cross, from BL Harleian Ms 7353:
You'll probably find the whole ms interesting. It's almost all pictorial: five paired images, showing a biblical story on the left and a relevant scene from E4's life on the right, finishing up with an epic riff on the Tree of Jesse.
http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Harley_MS_7353
I scheduled a trip from Philly to London specifically to see this ms, with multiple anxious emails to guarantee me a reader's card and a seat. When I got there, a rather bored fellow said that oh, no, it was out for conservation. It would have been a waste of a couple thousand dollars except no trip to the British Library is completely wasted, and we also went to Fotheringhay, where I read one of the lessons in the church's annual service of lessons and carols.
You'll probably find the whole ms interesting. It's almost all pictorial: five paired images, showing a biblical story on the left and a relevant scene from E4's life on the right, finishing up with an epic riff on the Tree of Jesse.
http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Harley_MS_7353
I scheduled a trip from Philly to London specifically to see this ms, with multiple anxious emails to guarantee me a reader's card and a seat. When I got there, a rather bored fellow said that oh, no, it was out for conservation. It would have been a waste of a couple thousand dollars except no trip to the British Library is completely wasted, and we also went to Fotheringhay, where I read one of the lessons in the church's annual service of lessons and carols.
