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Calendar: March (fol. 3v)
[ca. 142-?]
The scenes in the historiated border are: Resurrection of Christ (Easter), St. Gertrude of Nivelles, an unidentified monk holding a crosier and a book, and the Annunciation to the Virgin by the angel ...
Calendar: August (fol. 8r)
[ca. 142-?]
The double-compartment miniature has a man threshing, and the zodiacal sign of Virgo (the virgin). The scenes in the historiated border are: St. Peter holding a key and a book; St. Stephen holding sto...
Calendar: September (fol. 9v)
[ca. 142-?]
The scenes in the historiated border are: an unidentified bishop with a mitre and a crosier; The Elevation of the Cross; St. Matthew the Apostle and Evangelist; and St Michael the Archangel killing th...
St Matthew (fol. 15v)
[ca. 142-?]
The historiated border includes a man bowling; an angel, the symbol of the Evangelist St Matthew; and St Matthew sharpening his quill.
Angel making music (fol. 17r)
[ca. 142-?]
The historiated border includes an angel in a cloud playing a hurdy-gurdy, a monk carrying a processional cross, and a running man with a long candle.
St Mark (fol. 17v)
[ca. 142-?]
The historiated border includes an angel playing a hurdy-gurdy; a lion, the symbol of the Evangelist St Mark, and St Mark writing.
Virgin Mary (fol. 18v)
[ca. 142-?]
The historiated border includes an angel carrying two wine carafes, an angel playing a psaltery, an angel playing a hurdy-gurdy, and a grotesque playing a brass instrument. The historiated initial has...
An angel and a grotesque (fol. 19v)
[ca. 142-?]
The historiated border includes an angel blowing a bagpipe-type instrument, and a grotesque with a man's upper body attached to the body of a four-legged animal carrying a carafe.
A woman making music (fol. 23r)
[ca. 142-?]
The historiated border includes a woman kneeling in a basket and making music with a long horn ; and a crowned angel kneeling with his arms spread wide.
An angel and a man making music (fol. 23v)
[ca. 142-?]
The historiated border includes a man kneeling in a cauldron and making music with a long horn; and an angel kneeling and making music with two curved horns.
Praying and reading (fol. 36v)
[ca. 142-?]
The historiated border includes an abbess reading, and an angel kneeling in prayer.
Christ blessing (fol. 15v)
[ca. 1440-1460]
Christ blessing, with the globe at his feet, and two angel by either side of him.