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Archive Piece:
BC Incunabula q SCH/1r

1471

Place of publication: Augsburg, Germany Typology: Gothic Initials: Rubricated capital 'D' midway down second column. Illustrations: Woodcut midway down second column; depicting two women, one ...

Archive Piece:
BC Incunabula q SCH/1v

1471

Place of publication: Augsburg, Germany Typology: Gothic Initials: One enlarged rubicated initial (hand-drawn) Illustrations: One woodcut; coloured. The image shows five men: one is kneeling i...

Archive Piece:
BC Incunabula q HAE/1r

1475

Place of publication: Bologna, Italy Typology: Gothic Initials: None. Illustrations: None. Layout: Text set into two columns. Each new section is opened with a line of text in larger type.

Archive Piece:
BC Incunabula q HAE/1v

1475

Place of publication: Bologna, Italy Typology: Gothic Initials: None. Illustrations: None. Layout: Text set into two columns. Each new section is opened with a line of text in larger type.

Archive Piece:
BC MS 100/1

[ca. 1461-1483]

Six roundels depicting God's creation: the separation of sky and earth (1), creation of trees and plants (2), creation of waters and fishes (3), creation of animals (4), creation of angels (5), and th...

Archive Piece:
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...

Archive Piece:
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; ...

Archive Piece:
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...

Archive Piece:
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 (...

Archive Piece:
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...

Archive Piece:
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 ...

Archive Piece:
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...