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[Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis]
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[Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis]

[ca. 1490 and ca. 1500-1510]

Some front and some rear flyleaves are on modern vellum. Decoration: 8 full-page (inserted) miniatures, 7 historiated initials of 9-lines with full decorated borders, 41 historiated initials with bo...

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Coronation of the Virgin (fol. 17v)
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Coronation of the Virgin (fol. 17v)

[ca. 1490 and ca. 1500-1510]

The full page miniature depicts the Coronation of the Virgin in heaven, and a patron couple in prayer. In the main, arched, miniature God the Father and Christ are enthroned in heaven, holding globes ...

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Last Supper (fol. 35r)
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Last Supper (fol. 35r)

[ca. 1490 and ca. 1500-1510]

Foliate initial 'S' is historiated with the scene of the Last Supper, with Christ and the apostles gathered around the table. The border is decorated with strawberries, periwinkle, acanthus leaves, a ...

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Pentecost (fol. 37v)
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Pentecost (fol. 37v)

[ca. 1490 and ca. 1500-1510]

The arched miniature depicts the scene of Pentecost. The dove of the Holy Ghost descends upon the Virgin and the Apostles within a church. The Virgin kneels by a small table on which a book lies open....

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Sacrifice at an altar (fol. 38r)
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Sacrifice at an altar (fol. 38r)

[ca. 1490 and ca. 1500-1510]

The miniature depicts a tonsured male figure, clad in a white gown and a red cloak, apparently sacrificing two animals by burning them on an altar. His head-dress with a fur lining and a golden top li...

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Initial 'I' and 'L' (fol. 40v)
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Initial 'I' and 'L' (fol. 40v)

[ca. 1490 and ca. 1500-1510]

Initial 'I' made up of two branches entwined and with small springs of leaves, in blue on a green ground. Initial 'L' in gold leaf, on a red and blue ground, infilled with white pen-ornament.

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Works of charity: feedng the hungry (fol. 44r)
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Works of charity: feedng the hungry (fol. 44r)

[ca. 1490 and ca. 1500-1510]

The scene in the border begins a series of historiated borders depicting works of charity. Here an initial 'G', composed of acanthus foliage, is historiated with the scene of a woman standing at a doo...

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Clothing the naked (fol. 46v)
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Clothing the naked (fol. 46v)

[ca. 1490 and ca. 1500-1510]

The border is historiated with the scene of a woman, clad in blue dress and a white head dress, helping two young boys to dress. She is holding out a red garment for a a boy wearing only underpants, w...

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Feeding the hungry (fol. 48v)
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Feeding the hungry (fol. 48v)

[ca. 1490 and ca. 1500-1510]

The border is historiated with a scene of two men holding plates towards a window of a house from which a group of figures looks out. A face can also be seen appearing in the window on the upper floor...

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Freeing prisoners (fol. 50v)
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Freeing prisoners (fol. 50v)

[ca. 1490 and ca. 1500-1510]

The border is historiated with a scene of two men being liberated from prison by a richly clad man with a sword tied to his waist, while one prisoner is shown on his knees with his ankles and wrists c...

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Feeding  the hungry (fol. 52v)
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Feeding the hungry (fol. 52v)

[ca. 1490 and ca. 1500-1510]

The border is historiated with a scene in a town. The street is busy with people walking about with baskets. A woman in a pink dress hands out food to a man on his knees. The initial 'G', composed of ...

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Caring for the Sick (fol. 54v)
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Caring for the Sick (fol. 54v)

[ca. 1490 and ca. 1500-1510]

The border is historiated with a man, presumably a doctor, sitting by a bed and holding out a white bottle. Two patients lie in their beds wearing white caps. The border is decorated with heartsease, ...

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