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St. Paul (fol. 29v)
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St. Paul (fol. 29v)

[ca. 1500-1520]

St. Paul with a book and a sword, an instrument of his martyrdom.

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St. Peter and St. Paul (fol. 78r)
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St. Peter and St. Paul (fol. 78r)

[ca. 1440-1460]

St Peter, the Apostle, is represented as a bald elderly man, with a fringe of hair on the sides and front, holding a key. St Paul, the Apostle, is represented as a thin-faced elderly man with a long ...

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St Peter and St Paul (fol. 203v)
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St Peter and St Paul (fol. 203v)

[ca. 1440-1460]

St Paul is represented as a thin-faced elderly man with a long pointed beard, holding a sword, the instrument of his martyrdom. St Peter is represented as a bald elderly man, with a fringe of hair on ...

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St. Peter and St. Paul (fol. 129v)
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St. Peter and St. Paul (fol. 129v)

[ca. 1490]

St. Peter is shown holding a key, wihle St. Paul holds a sword, the instrument of his martyrdom.

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Pimpernels (fol. 153v)
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Pimpernels (fol. 153v)

[ca. 1500-1520]

7-line foliate initial 'O' infilled with small pink pimpernel-type flowers.

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All Saints (fol. 83v)
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All Saints (fol. 83v)

[ca. 1440-1460]

A group of saints depicted, with St. Peter and St. Paul in the foreground.

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Calendar: June (fol. 6v)
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Calendar: June (fol. 6v)

[ca. 142-?]

The scenes in the historiated border are: an unidentified pope or bishop with a mitre and a crosier; St Gervase holding a book and St Protase holding a palm of martyrdom; the birth of John the Baptist...

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Coronation of the Virgin and All Saints (fol. 120v)
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Coronation of the Virgin and All Saints (fol. 120v)

[ca. 1490 and ca. 1500-1510]

The miniature shows God, enthroned, placing a crown over the Virgin Mary's head. A group of saints surround them, including in the foreground, St. Barbara with a tower and a palm branch, St. Peter wit...

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Extracts from Ptolemy's Almagest and other works, and from the Greek commentators on the Almagest
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Extracts from Ptolemy's Almagest and other works, and from the Greek commentators on the Almagest 9 (v.1)

Ptolemy; Theon of Alexandria; Porphyry (234-305); Rhabdas, Nicolaus Artabasdos

[14--? ]

Volume 1 contains extracts from Ptolemy Mathematike Syntaxis (the Almagest), together with two other short works on astronomy by Ptolemy (c. 2 AD), and extracts from the commentary on the Mathematike ...

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Extracts from Ptolemy's Almagest and other works, and from the Greek commentators on the Almagest (v.2)
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Extracts from Ptolemy's Almagest and other works, and from the Greek commentators on the Almagest (v.2)

Ptolemy; Theon of Alexandria; Porphyry (234-305); Rhabdas, Nicolaus Artabasdos

[14--? ]

Volume 1 contains extracts from Ptolemy Mathematike Syntaxis (the Almagest), together with two other short works on astronomy by Ptolemy (c. 2 AD), and extracts from the commentary on the Mathematike ...

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Extracts from Ptolemy's Almagest and other works, and from the Greek commentators on the Almagest (v.3)
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Extracts from Ptolemy's Almagest and other works, and from the Greek commentators on the Almagest (v.3)

Ptolemy; Theon of Alexandria; Porphyry (234-305); Rhabdas, Nicolaus Artabasdos

[14--? ]

Volume 1 contains extracts from Ptolemy Mathematike Syntaxis (the Almagest), together with two other short works on astronomy by Ptolemy (c. 2 AD), and extracts from the commentary on the Mathematike ...

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Extracts from Ptolemy's Almagest and other works, and from the Greek commentators on the Almagest 9 (v.1)

Ptolemy; Theon of Alexandria; Porphyry (234-305); Rhabdas, Nicolaus Artabasdos

[14--? ]

Volume 1 contains extracts from Ptolemy Mathematike Syntaxis (the Almagest), together with two other short works on astronomy by Ptolemy (c. 2 AD), and extracts from the commentary on the Mathematike ...

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