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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...
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 ...
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 ...
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....
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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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, ...