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BC MS 23
BC MS 23
[ca. 1300-1320]
The medieval foliation is one too high after f. 45.
Quires are numbered and horizontal catchwords included.
Decoration: One 10-line historiated initial in blue patterned in white and on decorated ...
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BC MS 1/1
BC MS 1/1
[ca. 142-?]
The double-compartment miniature has Janus looking in both directions while dining, and the zodiacal sign of Aquarius (the water carrier). The scenes in the historiated border are: the stoning of St S...
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BC MS 1/2
BC MS 1/2
[ca. 142-?]
The historiated border has St. Agnes of Rome holding a palm branch and with her symbol, the lamb; unidentified abbot or a monk holding a palm branch and a book; Pope Marcellus I falling from a horse; ...
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BC MS 1/3
BC MS 1/3
[ca. 142-?]
The double-compartment miniature has a man warming his feet at a fire, and the zodiacal sign of Pisces (the fish). The scenes in the historiated border are: St. Brigid of Ireland holding a lantern; po...
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BC MS 1/4
BC MS 1/4
[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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BC MS 1/5
BC MS 1/5
[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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BC MS 1/6
BC MS 1/6
[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 ...
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BC MS 1/7
BC MS 1/7
[ca. 142-?]
The double-compartment miniature has a man holding a branch, and the zodiacal sign of Taurus (the bull). The scenes in the historiated border are: an unidentified bishop with a mitre and a processiona...
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BC MS 1/8
BC MS 1/8
[ca. 142-?]
The scenes in the historiated border are St. Opportuna, a Benedictine nun and abbess; St George killing the dragon; St. Mark the Evangelist writing on a scroll; and an unidentified bishop with a mitre...
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BC MS 1/9
BC MS 1/9
[ca. 142-?]
The double-compartment miniature has a falconer, and the zodiacal sign of Gemini with the twins behind a coat of arms in red (gules). The scenes in the historiated border are: a king kneeling by a cro...
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BC MS 1/10
BC MS 1/10
[ca. 142-?]
The historiated border includes an unidentified abbot and three unidentified bishops or popes with mitres and crosiers.
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BC MS 1/11
BC MS 1/11
[ca. 142-?]
The double-compartment miniature has a man making hay, and the zodiacal sign of Cancer (the crab). The historiated border has St Barnabas the Apostle holding a book and an axe; and two unidentified bi...