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birth and youth of christ1
human occupations representing seasons and months1
insects1
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Calendar: January (fol. 1r)
Archive Piece

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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