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Presentation of the Virgin (fol. 136v)
[ca. 1440-1460]
Initial 'S' inhabited with the Virgin Mary, blessed by the High Priest.
Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (fol. 221r)
[ca. 1440-1460]
The Virgin Mary is lifted up to heaven by two angels. Four apostles kneel in prayer underneath.
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...
Virgin and Child (fol. 143r)
[1450-1475]
The Virgin and Child are depicted in a mandorla. The Virgin stands on a moon crescent, and wears a rosary in her hair.
Virgin and Child (fol. 120r)
[ca. 1440-1460]
Initial 'S' (Salue virgo virginum stella matutina) inhabited with the Virgin and Child.
Virgin and Christ (fol. 126v)
[ca. 1440-1460]
Initial 'O' (O intemerata et in eternum benedicta) inhabited with the Virgin Mary, holding the body of the crucified Christ.
Virgin Mary and St. John (fol. 35r)
[ca. 1440-1460]
The initial 'O' is historiated with the Virgin Mary and St. John in prayer.
The Visitation (fol. 64v)
[ca. 1440-1460]
St. Elizabeth kneels and touches the swollen stomach of her cousin, the Virgin Mary. A hilly landscape and a town appear in the background. Golden rays descend from the sky.
Calendar: July (fol. 7v)
[ca. 142-?]
The scenes in the historiated border are: an unidentified bishop; St Mary Magdalen holding a book and an ointment jar; St. Christopher carrying Christ across the stream, and St. James the Great, hold...
The Crucifixion of Christ (fol. 28r)
[1450-1475]
Christ crucified on the cross, while St. John and Mary Magdalene support the Virgin Mary. A centurion, converted to Christianity at the cross, holds a scroll that reads "Vere Filius Dei erat iste ... ...
The Visitation (fol. 60v)
[1450-1475]
The Virgin Mary and her cousin, St. Elizabeth, embrace. A small dog appears in the doorway of the house behind them.