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Calendar: March (fol. 3r)
Archive Piece

Calendar: March (fol. 3r)

[ca. 142-?]

The double-compartment miniature has a man pruning, and the zodiacal sign of Aries (the ram). In the border are depicted three figures, two bishops and a pope, possibly St. Albinus, bishop of Angers a...

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Burial service (fol. 7v)
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Burial service (fol. 7v)

[ca. 1470-1480]

Full-page miniature depicting a burial service, defaced in the Reformation period and partially repainted much later. A priest stands at the altar, four clerics stand at the side, and six mourners, cl...

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Border with green parrot (fol. 24r)
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Border with green parrot (fol. 24r)

[ca. 1470-1480]

Full floral border decorated with thistles in a vase, strawberries, poppyheads, acanthus leaves, gold balls with coloured lobes, and large aroid flowers in the bottom corners. The poppyheads and the g...

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Floral border (fol. 41r)
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Floral border (fol. 41r)

[ca. 1470-1480]

Bar-frame border in gold and in rose/blue acanthus vine that extends into the border in curved leaves and hairline tendrils bearing trumpet flowers, heart motifs, gold pine cones and gold balls with g...

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Floral border (fol. 42v)
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Floral border (fol. 42v)

[ca. 1470-1480]

Bar-frame border in gold and in rose/blue acanthus vine that extends into the border in curved leaves and hairline tendrils that carry poppyheads, heart motifs, gold pine cones and gold balls with gre...

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Floral border (fol. 149r)
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Floral border (fol. 149r)

[ca. 1470-1480]

Bar-frame border in gold and in rose/blue acanthus vine that extends into the border in curved leaves and hairline tendrils that carry poppyheads, heart motifs, gold pine cones and gold balls with gre...

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Floral border (fol. 157r)
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Floral border (fol. 157r)

[ca. 1470-1480]

1/4 bar-frame border in gold and in rose/blue acanthus vine that extends into the border in hairline tendrils that carry poppyheads, curved leaves, and gold balls with green lobes. 5-line rose/blue in...

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