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The Creation (fol. 5r)
[ca. 1260]
Initial 'I' encloses the scene of God creating Heaven and Earth, the trees and plants, the sun and moon, the birds and animals, Adam, God resting on the seventh day, and the Crucifixion of Christ with...
Saul's suicide (fol. 112r)
[ca. 1260]
Initial 'F' encloses the scene of Saul piercing himself with a sword and jumping into the sea. The border includes a head of a deer.
Jonah and the whale (fol. 217v)
[ca. 1260]
Initial 'S' encloses the scene of Jonah being thrown to the whale by two men in a boat. The other initial 'S' has Jonah coming out of the whale, and God raising his hand in blessing while holding the ...
Solomon instructing Rehoboam (fol. 256r)
[ca. 1260]
Initial 'P' encloses the scene of King Solomon, wearing a crown, teaching Rehoboam, who is holding a book. It is further decorated with a deer (?) head. The initial 'I' is decorated with a hybrid of a...
The prophet Ezekiel's vision (fol. 337r)
[ca. 1260]
Initial 'E' encloses the vision of the prophet Ezekiel: the tetramorph of the four evangelists. His vision was of God sitting on his throne, being carried by the symbols of the four evangelists: a man...
Nebuchadnezzar besieges Jerusalem (fol. 358r)
[ca. 1260]
Initial 'A' encloses the scene of Nebuchadnezzar approaching the gate of Jerusalem on horseback, while two soldiers watch from a tower.
Hosea and Gomer (fol. 367r)
[ca. 1260]
Initial 'V' encloses the scene of God speaking to the prophet Hosea and his wife Gomer. Above it is an ornamental initial 'N' infilled with foliage and an animal head.
Amos (fol. 371v)
[ca. 1260]
Initial 'V' encloses the scene of Amos seated in a field with his flocks of sheep. The border has a hybrid of a bird with a human head.
Face and a hyena (fol. 378r)
[ca. 1260]
The prologue initial 'Q' is infilled with a male face in profile; the descender of the letter is formed from a hyena-type animal.