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Birds and flowers (fol. 1r)
[ca. 1500-1520]
The gold-wash border is decorated with pinks, borage, strawberries, buttercups, forgetmenot, lungwort (?), periwinkle, beetles, birds, ladybirds and a butterfly. 11-line foliate initial 'H' formed of ...
Adoration of the Magi (fol. 88v)
[ca. 1440-1460]
The miniature depicts the three Magi, represented as kings, with the Virgin and Child in the stable, and offering gold, frankincense and myrrh. The oldest king (Caspar) kneels in front of Christ. The ...
Calendar: May (fol. 6r)
[ca.1480-1500]
The roundel miniature has the zodiacal sign of Gemini (the twins), showing a naked man and woman apparently standing in water. The border has a robin, a fly, strawberries, roses and other flowers.
Calendar: June (fol. 6v)
[ca.1480-1500]
The miniature at the foot of the page shows two men making hay, one of them taking a break and drinking from a jug. Two female figures (one with a basket, the other with a stick) are seen walking alon...
Bullfinch and flowers (fol. 18r)
[ca. 1500-1520]
A full border decorated with wild roses, columbine, heartsease, speedwells, pinks, a blue daisy (purple-stemmed aster), acanthus leaves, a butterfly, a bullfinch, and other birds. 10-line foliate init...
Buttercups and butterflies (fol. 29v)
[ca. 1500-1520]
The border is decorated with buttercups and butterflies (cabbage white and wall brown). 6-line foliate initial 'G'.
Stork, owl, grapes and flowers (fol. 82r)
[ca. 1500-1520]
The border is decorated with a white stork, an owl, a partridge and other birds, grapes, a periwinkle, a pimpernel, pinks, and a butterfly. 11-line foliate initial formed of corn and acanthus leaves. ...
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...
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.
Birds and flowers (fol. 104r)
[ca. 1500-1520]
The border is decorated with pinks, strawberries, buttercups, heartsease, borage, pea flowers, mosquitos, a fly, a beetle, a butterfly, an owl, and other birds and flowers. 6-line foliate initial 'O' ...
Sacrifice at an altar (fol. 38r)
[ca. 1490 and ca. 1500-1510]
The miniature depicts a tonsured male figure, clad in a white gown and a red cloak, apparently sacrificing two animals by burning them on an altar. His head-dress with a fur lining and a golden top li...
Calendar: July (fol. 7v)
[ca.1480-1500]
The miniature at the foot of the page shows two men reaping corn at harvest, and one man binding sheaves. The border has a fly, pinks, pea flowers, strawberries and speedwell.
St. Barbara (fol. 252r)
[1450-1500]
The arched miniature depicts St. Barbara holding a book (referring to her studies before her conversion) and standing in front of her tower symbol. The border is decorated with a bird holding a large ...
Calendar: July (fol. 8r)
[ca.1480-1500]
The roundel miniature has the zodiacal sign of Leo (the lion). The border is decorated with flies, strawberries, columbines, heartsease, speedwells and acanthus leaves.
Pentecost (fol. 134r)
[ca. 1440-1460]
The dove of the Holy Ghost descends upon the Virgin Mary, seated in the centre, and the Apostles, assembled around her. The Virgin has a book on her lap. The dove is surrounded by a golden circle of l...
Calendar: September (fol. 10r)
[ca.1480-1500]
The roundel miniature has the zodiacal sign for October, Scorpio (the scorpion), although on this leaf (for September) it should be showing Libra (the balance). The border is decorated with primroses,...
Calendar: January (fol. 2r)
[ca.1480-1500]
The roundel miniature inside the border depicts Aquarius with a water vase, on a pale blue ground. The border includes strawberries, speedwells, and a fly on yellow grounds.
Calendar: October (fol. 11r)
[ca.1480-1500]
The roundel miniature has the zodiacal sign of September, Libra (the balance), although it should have the sign for October, Scorpio (the scorpion). The border is decorated with strawberries, columbin...
Virgin and Child with a Patron (fol. 187r)
[ca. 1440-1460]
6-line historiated initial 'D' with a female patron praying, and holding a book under her arm, in front of the Virgin Mary and the Christ Child. The border is decorated with a butterfly, a bird, a gro...
The Crucifixion of Christ (fol. 60v)
[ca. 1490 and ca. 1500-1510]
The miniature depicts Christ crucified on the cross. Mary Magdalene, richly clad in a green dress, an orange cloak and a head-dress covered in jewels, clutches the cross with her arms. Her ointment ja...
Agony in the Garden (fol. 61r)
[ca. 1490 and ca. 1500-1510]
Christ kneels in prayer in the garden of Gethsemane. Three of the apostles sit in a group behind him, two of them sleeping. The border is decorated with a heartsease, daisies, celandine, blue carnatio...
Calendar: December (fol. 13r)
[ca.1480-1500]
The roundel miniature has the zodiacal sign of Capricorn (the goat). The border is decorated with pinks, pea flowers, columbine, a robin, a fly and a primrose.
Birds and flowers (fol. 14r)
[ca.1480-1500]
The border is decorated with birds, roses, thistles, strawberries, speedwells and acanthus leaves. 6-line foliate initial.
Birds, flowers, a classical soldier (fol. 26r)
[ca.1480-1500]
The border is decorated with strawberries, speedwells, heartsease, thistles, columbines, borage, flies, a bird with a long neck, and a dark apparently naked male figure (a wild man?) holding a red shi...