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[Preces]
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[Preces]

[ca. 1500-1520]

ff. iii, 214-218 are contemporary ruled vellum flyleaves. Decoration: 8 full-page borders in designs of flowers, birds and insects on decorated gold ground. 11-line (or smaller), initials throughout...

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Calendar: January (fol. 1r)
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Calendar: January (fol. 1r)

[ca. 142-?]

The double-compartment miniature has Janus looking in both directions while dining, and the zodiacal sign of Aquarius (the water carrier). The scenes in the historiated border are: the stoning of St S...

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Birds and flowers (fol. 1r)
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Birds and flowers (fol. 1r)

[ca. 1500-1520]

The gold-wash border is decorated with pinks, borage, strawberries, buttercups, forgetmenot, lungwort (?), periwinkle, beetles, birds, ladybirds and a butterfly. 11-line foliate initial 'H' formed of ...

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Buttercup seedpods (fol. 27r)
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Buttercup seedpods (fol. 27r)

[ca. 1500-1520]

The border is decorated with tall buttercups (with seedpods), a yellow daisy and curved acanthus leaves. 5-line foliate initial 'G'.

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Acanthus leaves and flowers (fol. 9r)
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Acanthus leaves and flowers (fol. 9r)

[ca. 1500-1520]

Curved acanthus leaves in various colours and pink daisy-like flowers decorate the lower border. 6-line foliate initial 'D' formed of acanthus leaves on a gold ground.

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Stork and flowers (fol. 11v)
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Stork and flowers (fol. 11v)

[ca. 1500-1520]

The lower border is decorated with a stork, a partridge-like bird, a blue daisy (purple-stemmed aster), pinks (buds) and acanthus leaves. 6-line foliate initial 'M' formed of sheaves of green hay and ...

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Bullfinch and flowers (fol. 18r)
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Bullfinch and flowers (fol. 18r)

[ca. 1500-1520]

A full border decorated with wild roses, columbine, heartsease, speedwells, pinks, a blue daisy (purple-stemmed aster), acanthus leaves, a butterfly, a bullfinch, and other birds. 10-line foliate init...

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Wagtail (fol. 20r)
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Wagtail (fol. 20r)

[ca. 1500-1520]

The border is decorated with a wagtail and curved acanthus leaves in various colours. 6-line foliate initial 'L'.

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Columbine and rose (fol. 21v)
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Columbine and rose (fol. 21v)

[ca. 1500-1520]

The border is decorated with a columbine, a rose, and curved acanthus leaves. 7-line foliate initial 'L'.

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Two grey herons (fol. 23r)
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Two grey herons (fol. 23r)

[ca. 1500-1520]

The border is decorated with two birds (grey herons?) fighting, a butterfly and curved acanthus leaves. 6-line foliate initial 'L'.

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Strawberry flower (fol. 25v)
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Strawberry flower (fol. 25v)

[ca. 1500-1520]

The border is decorated with a strawberry flower and curved acanthus leaves. 6-line foliate initial 'L'.

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Yellow daisies (fol. 26v)
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Yellow daisies (fol. 26v)

[ca. 1500-1520]

The border is decorated with yellow daisy-like flowers and curved acanthus leaves. 6-line foliate initial 'G'.

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