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Calendar: February (fol. 2v)
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Calendar: February (fol. 2v)

[ca. 142-?]

The historiated border has an unidentified bishop; St. Peter, seated, holding a book and his symbol, the key (corresponding to the feast of the Chair of St. Peter, "Cathedra Sancti Petri"); possibly (...

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Initial 'O' (fol. 4v)
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Initial 'O' (fol. 4v)

[ca. 1450-1500]

Red initial 'O' with foliate infill in pink, green and ochre, on a blue ground. Pasted in from another (13th-century?) manuscript.

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Initial 'M' (fol. 130r)
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Initial 'M' (fol. 130r)

[ca. 1450-1500]

Initial 'M', halved in red and blue, with a white outline, infilled with curved foliage in blue, green, and red. Pasted in from another (13th-century?) manuscript.

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Decorative design (fol. 130v)
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Decorative design (fol. 130v)

[ca. 1450-1500]

A crescent-shaped (like a rotated initial 'C') decorative design in red, infilled with red and green tendrils, with white penwork circles, on a light blue ground. Below is a small decorative leaf in o...

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A prophet holding a scroll ? (fol. iii v)
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A prophet holding a scroll ? (fol. iii v)

[ca. 1450-1500]

Red initial 'O' infilled with a saint or prophet clad in a blue and gold cloak and red garments, holding a scroll. On a patterned background, inside a blue square. Pasted in from another (13th-century...

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[Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis]
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[Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis]

[ca. 1450-1500]

Decoration: 5 (2 to 6-line) initials in blue or pink patterned in white, infilled with flowers, and on gold grounds, within full framed floral borders including designs of hens, berries, a bird and a ...

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Decorative foliage (fol. 8r)
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Decorative foliage (fol. 8r)

[ca. 1450-1500]

Interlaced foliage design in pink, green and ochre, on a blue ground. Pasted in from another (13th-century?) manuscript.

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Initial 'O' (fol. 8v)
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Initial 'O' (fol. 8v)

[ca. 1450-1500]

Blue initial 'O' with foliate infill in pink, green and ochre, and with two small grotesque heads, on a red ground. Pasted in from another (13th-century?) manuscript.

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Archer and a bird (fol. 9r)
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Archer and a bird (fol. 9r)

[ca. 1450-1500]

The border has an archer shooting at a bird, and is further decorated with thistles, bluebells and acanthus leaves. 6-line initial in blue with white penwork ornamentation is infilled with foliage, on...

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Two cockerels (fol. 56r)
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Two cockerels (fol. 56r)

[ca. 1450-1500]

The border has two cockerels, peas in pods, pansies, thistles and acanthus leaves. 6-line initial in red with write penwork ornamentation is infilled with flowers in a vase, on a gold ground.

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Cockerel (fol. 102r)
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Cockerel (fol. 102r)

[ca. 1450-1500]

The border is decorated with a cockerel, grapes, pinks, thistles and acanthus leaves. A 3-line initial in blue has white penwork ornamentation, on a gold ground.

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Initial 'O' (fol. 117r)
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Initial 'O' (fol. 117r)

[ca. 1450-1500]

Blue initial 'O' with white penwork ornamentation, and with foliate infill in blue, green, red and ochre, on a pink ground. Pasted in from another (13th-century?) manuscript.

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