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Pan and other mythical creatures (fol. 97r)
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Pan and other mythical creatures (fol. 97r)

[ca. 1500-1520]

The border is decorated with Pan (from Greek mythology), the god of Nature, with his horns and legs of a goat and body of a man, wearing a wreath and making music with pan pipes, several putti, some w...

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Dragon and butterfly (fol. 98v)
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Dragon and butterfly (fol. 98v)

[ca. 1500-1520]

The border is decorated with acanthus leaves, a deadnettle, a borage, a strawberry and a butterfly. 6-line zoomorphic initial 'S' formed of a green-winged dragon.

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St. Margaret (fol. 77v)
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St. Margaret (fol. 77v)

[ca. 1500-1520]

St. Margaret, holding a processional cross and a book after escaping from the stomach of a dragon.

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St. Martha (fol. 81r)
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St. Martha (fol. 81r)

[ca. 1500-1520]

St. Martha, standing by a cave from which a monster emerges, and holding a book and a cross.

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