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Flowers and leaves (fol. 160r)
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Flowers and leaves (fol. 160r)

[ca. 1500-1520]

The border is decorated with acanthus leaves and two unidentified flowers. 7-line foliate initial 'S'.

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St. Catherine and St. Barbara (fol. 160r)
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St. Catherine and St. Barbara (fol. 160r)

[1450-1475]

St. Catherine of Alexandria is depicted holding a wheel and a sword, the instruments of her martyrdom, while standing on one of her executioners. St. Barbara is depicted holding a miniature tower.

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Monsters and grotesques (fol. 30v)
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Monsters and grotesques (fol. 30v)

[ca. 142-?]

The historiated border includes a grotesque with a woman's head wearing a head-dress and with a lion's lower body walking with a stick (tau cross), and a wyvern-like grotesque with goat's horns.

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