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Total number of records: 88
Birds and flowers (fol. 1r)
[ca. 1500-1520]
The gold-wash border is decorated with pinks, borage, strawberries, buttercups, forgetmenot, lungwort (?), periwinkle, beetles, birds, ladybirds and a butterfly. 11-line foliate initial 'H' formed of ...
Man praying to Christ (fol. 16v)
[ca. 1500-1520]
A man lies in bed with hands clasped, praying to Christ who appears in the top corner.
Buttercup seedpods (fol. 27r)
[ca. 1500-1520]
The border is decorated with tall buttercups (with seedpods), a yellow daisy and curved acanthus leaves. 5-line foliate initial 'G'.
St. Sebastian (fol. 33v)
[ca. 1500-1520]
St. Sebastian, tied to a tree and being shot with arrows by a soldier clad in red.
Acanthus leaves and flowers (fol. 9r)
[ca. 1500-1520]
Curved acanthus leaves in various colours and pink daisy-like flowers decorate the lower border. 6-line foliate initial 'D' formed of acanthus leaves on a gold ground.
Stork and flowers (fol. 11v)
[ca. 1500-1520]
The lower border is decorated with a stork, a partridge-like bird, a blue daisy (purple-stemmed aster), pinks (buds) and acanthus leaves. 6-line foliate initial 'M' formed of sheaves of green hay and ...
Bullfinch and flowers (fol. 18r)
[ca. 1500-1520]
A full border decorated with wild roses, columbine, heartsease, speedwells, pinks, a blue daisy (purple-stemmed aster), acanthus leaves, a butterfly, a bullfinch, and other birds. 10-line foliate init...
Wagtail (fol. 20r)
[ca. 1500-1520]
The border is decorated with a wagtail and curved acanthus leaves in various colours. 6-line foliate initial 'L'.
Columbine and rose (fol. 21v)
[ca. 1500-1520]
The border is decorated with a columbine, a rose, and curved acanthus leaves. 7-line foliate initial 'L'.
Two grey herons (fol. 23r)
[ca. 1500-1520]
The border is decorated with two birds (grey herons?) fighting, a butterfly and curved acanthus leaves. 6-line foliate initial 'L'.
Strawberry flower (fol. 25v)
[ca. 1500-1520]
The border is decorated with a strawberry flower and curved acanthus leaves. 6-line foliate initial 'L'.
Yellow daisies (fol. 26v)
[ca. 1500-1520]
The border is decorated with yellow daisy-like flowers and curved acanthus leaves. 6-line foliate initial 'G'.