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Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary (fol. 227v)
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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...

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Corpus Christi (fol. 190r)
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Corpus Christi (fol. 190r)

[ca. 1440-1460]

Christ is seated at the table with four apostles. A chalice with wine and the eucharist sits on the table, along with three loaves of bread. One of the apostles holds a knife for cutting the bread.

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Snake (fol. 80r)
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Snake (fol. 80r)

[ca. 1100-1150]

5-line initial 'I' decorated with a snake entwined around and through the initial, outlined in black and red, touched in blue and green.

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