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Christ (fol. 1r)
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Christ (fol. 1r)

[ca 1450-1500]

4-line initial 'D' in blue on red background, decorated with a strawberry, a speedwell and a daisy, and inhabited with a head-and-shoulders portrait of Christ, crowned with thorns.

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Virgin and Christ (fol. 99r)
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Virgin and Christ (fol. 99r)

[ca 1450-1500]

The miniature shows the weeping Virgin Mary, with her hands clasped in prayer, and a sword piercing her chest. She is beside the crucified Christ, the bottom of whose legs are visible.

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Virgin and Child (fol. 4r)
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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.

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