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The Creation (image 1)
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The Creation (image 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...

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Calendar: January (fol. 1v)
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Calendar: January (fol. 1v)

[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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Calendar: February (fol. 2r)
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Calendar: February (fol. 2r)

[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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Calendar: March (fol. 3r)
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Calendar: March (fol. 3r)

[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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Calendar: April (fol. 4r)
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Calendar: April (fol. 4r)

[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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Calendar: May (fol. 5r)
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Calendar: May (fol. 5r)

[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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Calendar: June (fol. 6r)
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Calendar: June (fol. 6r)

[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...

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Calendar: July (fol. 7r)
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Calendar: July (fol. 7r)

[ca. 142-?]

The double-compartment miniature has a man reaping corn, and the zodiacal sign of Leo (the lion). The historiated border has a man binding sheaves; a pope holding an axe or a key; and an unidentified ...

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Calendar: October (fol. 10r)
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Calendar: October (fol. 10r)

[ca. 142-?]

The double-compartment miniature has a man sowing, and the zodiacal sign of Scorpio (the scorpion). The figures in the historiated border include St. Denis holding his head, and two unidentified bisho...

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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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Calendar: December (fol. 12r)
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Calendar: December (fol. 12r)

[ca. 142-?]

The double-compartment miniature has a man slaughtering a pig, and the zodiacal sign of Capricorn (the goat). The scenes in the historiated border are: an unidentified bishop with a mitre and a crosie...

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Calendar: December (fol. 12v)
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Calendar: December (fol. 12v)

[ca. 142-?]

The scenes in the historiated border are: St. John the Apostle with a chalice and a palm branch; St Thomas the Apostle; the Nativity in the stable with the Virgin Mary holding the Christ-Child, Joseph...

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