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Solomon instructing Rehoboam (fol. 256r)
[ca. 1260]
Initial 'P' encloses the scene of King Solomon, wearing a crown, teaching Rehoboam, who is holding a book. It is further decorated with a deer (?) head. The initial 'I' is decorated with a hybrid of a...
Amos (fol. 371v)
[ca. 1260]
Initial 'V' encloses the scene of Amos seated in a field with his flocks of sheep. The border has a hybrid of a bird with a human head.
Saul's suicide (fol. 112r)
[ca. 1260]
Initial 'F' encloses the scene of Saul piercing himself with a sword and jumping into the sea. The border includes a head of a deer.
Nebuchadnezzar besieges Jerusalem (fol. 358r)
[ca. 1260]
Initial 'A' encloses the scene of Nebuchadnezzar approaching the gate of Jerusalem on horseback, while two soldiers watch from a tower.
Face and a hyena (fol. 378r)
[ca. 1260]
The prologue initial 'Q' is infilled with a male face in profile; the descender of the letter is formed from a hyena-type animal.
The royal arms of England (fol. 9r)
[ca. 1425]
The 4-line initial 'D' is decorated with the royal arms of England (of King Henry IV, used 1406-1603): three golden lions on a red field in the second and the third quarter, three golden fleurs-de-lis...
Three Living and Three Dead (fol. 85r)
[ca. 1490]
The full-page miniature shows three kings on horseback confronted by three corpses, a 'memento mori' subject sometimes known as the Three Living and the Three Dead. The border is formed from architect...
The Fall of Man (fol. 87r)
[ca. 1490 and ca. 1500-1510]
Adam and Eve eat the apple from the Tree of Knowledgel. The serpent, with a human head and hands, reaches out to pick another fruit. As Adam and Eve discover their nakedness they cover themselves with...
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. John, the Evangelist (fol. 13r)
[ca. 1490]
The full-page miniature shows St. John, the Evangelist, writing the Book of Revelation on a scroll on the island of Patmos. The eagle, his symbol, is beside him. God the Father appears to him within a...
St. George and the Dragon (fol. 151v)
[1450-1475]
St. George on horseback, dressed in armour (St. George's cross decorates his shield), brandishes his sword. His lance lies broken on the ground and pierced through the neck of the dragon. The princess...