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Presentation of the Virgin (fol. 136v)
[ca. 1440-1460]
Initial 'S' inhabited with the Virgin Mary, blessed by the High Priest.
Virgin Mary (?) (fol. 156v)
[ca. 1490 and ca. 1500-1510]
The initial 'H', composed of acanthus foliage, is inhabited with the praying Virgin Mary, or possibly a nun, clad in a blue dress with white cuffs and a white head-dress. There are 1-line initials alt...
Virgin and Child (fol. 193r)
[ca. 1480-1500]
6-line initial in pink, gold, blue and green, with white penwork decoration, historiated with the Virgin Mary holding the Christ-Child. On the left, a column border decorated with flowers and leaves e...
Virgin and Child on Crescent Moon (fol. 21v)
[ca. 1500-1520]
The miniature shows the Virgin Mary standing on the crescent of the moon and holding the Christ-child.
St. Luke, the Evangelist (fol. 14v)
[ca. 1490]
The full-page miniature shows St. Luke painting a portrait of the Virgin Mary, who stands in front of him. The ox, Luke's symbol, lies in the foreground. The border is formed from architectural pillar...
Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (fol. 221r)
[ca. 1440-1460]
The Virgin Mary is lifted up to heaven by two angels. Four apostles kneel in prayer underneath.
Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary (fol. 227v)
[ca. 1440-1460]
The miniature depicts St Anne, seated in bed under a pink and green canopy, holding the Virgin Mary (who is crowned), wrapped in white swaddling clothes. A maid stans ready to wrap the child in a whit...
Virgin and Child (fol. 4r)
[ca 1450-1500]
Virgin Mary holding the Christ-Child within a mandorla, framed with rosary beads. Across the miniature is a cartouche on which a prayer in French is written.
Virgin and Child (fol. 143r)
[1450-1475]
The Virgin and Child are depicted in a mandorla. The Virgin stands on a moon crescent, and wears a rosary in her hair.
Coronation of the Virgin (fol. 63r)
[ca. 1490]
The full-page miniature shows the Virgin Mary and Christ enthroned, Mary wearing a crown, Christ blessing. The border is formed from architectural pillars supporting two angels.
Virgin and Child (fol. 120r)
[ca. 1440-1460]
Initial 'S' (Salue virgo virginum stella matutina) inhabited with the Virgin and Child.