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Calendar: April (fol. 4v)
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Calendar: April (fol. 4v)

[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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Calendar: November (fol. 11r)
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Calendar: November (fol. 11r)

[ca. 142-?]

The double-compartment miniature has a man knocking acorns out of oak-trees, and the zodiacal sign of Sagittarius (the archer). The scenes in the historiated border are: a corpse lying on a bed (All S...

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St John the Evangelist (fol. 13v)
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St John the Evangelist (fol. 13v)

[ca. 142-?]

The scenes in the historiated border are: St John the Evangelist holding a book and a palm branch, and a green dragon with a head scarf.

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St Luke (fol. 14r)
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St Luke (fol. 14r)

[ca. 142-?]

The scenes in the historiated border are: a grotesque in the form of a green bird with a head of a bearded old man; the ox, the symbol of the Evangelist St Luke; St Luke copying a manuscript from an e...

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Grotesques (fol. 14v)
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Grotesques (fol. 14v)

[ca. 142-?]

The historiated border includes three grotesques: a green bird with a head of a bearded old man wearing a hat and a collar; a lion with a man's head clad in a hood, man's for- legs clad in socks, and ...

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Man and bird-lion (fol. 15r)
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Man and bird-lion (fol. 15r)

[ca. 142-?]

The historiated border includes a man sitting on a pillow and holding a wooden club, and a grotesque in the form of a half-lion and a bird.

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Man and mythical bird (fol. 16r)
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Man and mythical bird (fol. 16r)

[ca. 142-?]

The historiated border includes a man with a wooden club and a bird-like grotesque with lion's legs and a beak in the shape of a trumpet.

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Man and fabulous monster (fol. 16v)
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Man and fabulous monster (fol. 16v)

[ca. 142-?]

The historiated border includes a man with a long candle and a dragon-lion-type grotesque.

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Dragon making music (fol. 18r)
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Dragon making music (fol. 18r)

[ca. 142-?]

The historiated border includes a man wearing a blue jacket with gold buttons and a belt, and a two-legged dragon with wings playing a brass instrument.

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Virgin Mary (fol. 18v)
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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...

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Man making music (fol. 19r)
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Man making music (fol. 19r)

[ca. 142-?]

The historiated border includes a man playing a hurdy-gurdy, and a grotesque with a man's upper body attached to the body of a four-legged animal carrying a carafe.

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An angel and a grotesque (fol. 19v)
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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.

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An eagle-lion and a bear (fol. 21v)
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An eagle-lion and a bear (fol. 21v)

[ca. 142-?]

The historiated border includes a grotesque in the form of an eagle-lion, and a bear with a roller tied around its neck.

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A woman with a barrel (fol. 22r)
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A woman with a barrel (fol. 22r)

[ca. 142-?]

The historiated border includes an old woman wearing a hat and a cape, lifting a barrel; and a qrotesque in the form of a pink lion and a bird, wearing a hooded cape and holding a vase.

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A woman with a barrel (fol. 22v)
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A woman with a barrel (fol. 22v)

[ca. 142-?]

The historiated border includes a woman wearing a hat and a cloak, lifting a barrel; and a grotesque in the form of a lion with a human face, wearing a hooded cloak and holding a vase.

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A man and a monster making music (fol. 24v)
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A man and a monster making music (fol. 24v)

[ca. 142-?]

The historiated border includes a man with a pointed hat kneeling and making music with a long horn, and a grotesque with a human body and an animal head kneeling and making music with a bagpipes-type...

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A man and a monster (fol. 25r)
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A man and a monster (fol. 25r)

[ca. 142-?]

The historiated border includes an old man with webbed feet holding his beard, and a man with donkey's ears carrying a branch.

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A reading donkey (fol. 25v)
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A reading donkey (fol. 25v)

[ca. 142-?]

The historiated border includes a donkey wearing red shoes and reading a book, and a man with bird's feet making music with a curved horn and carrying a sceptre.

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A man and a monster making music (fol. 26v)
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A man and a monster making music (fol. 26v)

[ca. 142-?]

The historiated border includes a bear-like grotesque playing a drum, and a man playing a psaltery.

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A man and a monster (fol. 27r)
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A man and a monster (fol. 27r)

[ca. 142-?]

The historiated border includes a man holding an open book, and a grotesque with a man's head on a lion's body holding twigs bundled together.

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A man and a monster (fol. 27v)
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A man and a monster (fol. 27v)

[ca. 142-?]

The historiated border includes a man carrying a basket full of bread or potatoes; and a grotesque in the form of a camel with (partly) bird's legs and a man's head with a large nose. The grotesque is...

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A man and a monster (fol. 28v)
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A man and a monster (fol. 28v)

[ca. 142-?]

The historiated border includes a man carrying a rake, and a grotesque with green fur, wings, claws, tusks and a cone-shaped beak.

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Monsters and grotesques (fol. 30r)
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Monsters and grotesques (fol. 30r)

[ca. 142-?]

The historiated border includes a grotesque with a woman's head wearing a head-dress and with a lion's lower body walking with a stick (tau cross), and a wyvern-like grotesque.

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Monsters and grotesques (fol. 30v)
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Monsters and grotesques (fol. 30v)

[ca. 142-?]

The historiated border includes a grotesque with a woman's head wearing a head-dress and with a lion's lower body walking with a stick (tau cross), and a wyvern-like grotesque with goat's horns.

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