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MS 124
MS 124
[ca. 1480-1520]
Decoration: A large incipit initial in blue with a white pattern, and decorated with a leafy design in red, blue, green and purple, and extending as a floral border in the inner margin. In the lower m...
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MS 498
MS 498
[ca. 1450-1500]
The quire signatures (b-o) indicate a missing quire at the beginning of the manuscript (a calendar).
Decoration: One full-page miniature (Virgin and Child) and two smaller miniatures. One 4-line his...
Archive Piece:
MS 124/1
MS 124/1
A large incipit initial 'I' in blue with a white pattern, decorated with a leafy design in red, blue, green and purple, and extending as a floral border into the inner margin. In the lower margin is a...
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MS 498/1
MS 498/1
[ca 1450-1500]
4-line initial 'D' in blue on red background, decorated with a strawberry, a speedwell and a daisy, and inhabited with a head-and-shoulders portrait of Christ, crowned with thorns.
Archive Piece:
MS 124/2
MS 124/2
[ca 1480-1520]
6- and 4-line initials in red and blue, infilled and decorated with floral ornamentation in various colours.
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MS 124/3
MS 124/3
[ca 1480-1520]
7- and 3-line initials 'I' in red and blue, decorated with pen ornamentation of flowers and pomegranates in various colours.
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MS 498/2
MS 498/2
[ca 1450-1500]
Virgin Mary holding the Christ-Child within a mandorla, framed with rosary beads. Across the miniature is a cartouche on which a prayer in French is written.
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MS 498/3
MS 498/3
[ca 1450-1500]
The miniature shows a skull and cross-bones in a grassy landscape.
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MS 498/4
MS 498/4
[ca 1450-1500]
3-line initial in gold on a mauve background, infilled with white penwork ornamentation of poppyheads or blueberries on a blue background.
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MS 498/5
MS 498/5
[ca 1450-1500]
The miniature shows the weeping Virgin Mary, with her hands clasped in prayer, and a sword piercing her chest. She is beside the crucified Christ, the bottom of whose legs are visible.