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Nativity (fol. 127r)
[ca. 1440-1460]
The miniature depicts the scene of the Nativity in the stable. The Virgin Mary is dressed in a blue gown and a cloak decorated in gold, her arms crossed on her chest, and looking down at the Christ C...
Floral border (fol. 127r)
[ca. 1404-1425]
Full bar-frame border in gold and in rose/blue with, at the corners, clusters of acanthus leaves and aroid flowers. From the border clusters of spray penwork extend gold balls with green squiggles. 7-...
Christ with musicians (fol. 127v)
[ca. 1490 and ca. 1500-1510]
Christ, holding a globe, raises his hnad in blessing. Two musicians (angels?) play recorders. A 4-line foliate initial 'G' encloses a blue flower.
St Luke (fol. 14r)
[ca. 142-?]
The scenes in the historiated border are: a grotesque in the form of a green bird with a head of a bearded old man; the ox, the symbol of the Evangelist St Luke; St Luke copying a manuscript from an e...
St. Paul (fol. 29v)
[ca. 1500-1520]
St. Paul with a book and a sword, an instrument of his martyrdom.
[Beverley prayer book]
[ca. 1425]
Front flyleaves: [i-ii] modern vellum, i-iv paper, [vii-viii] modern vellum. Rear flyleaves are modern vellum. Catchwords for each quire are in scroll cartouches. Decoration: 3 full-page coats of ar...
[Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis]
[ca. 1404-1425]
Decoration: 16 large (5-8-line) initials in blue and pink with white tracery, infilled with flowers, on gold grounds, and within full borders, of gold and vine bars decorated with acanthus leaves and ...
[Breviarium ad Usum Parisiensem]
[ca. 1440-1460]
Decoration: 27 large arched miniatures, seven historiated 9-line initials, and several 1-4-line decorated initials and line-fillers throughout. Fine rinceaux border throughout the manuscript. Dr J. J....