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Floral border (fol. 124v)
[ca. 1440-1460]
The 'Subvenite sancti Dei' begins with a 3-line initial 'S' in blue on a gold ground. The border in the upper and lower margins is in designs of little coloured flowers and leaves among burnished gold...
Nativity (fol. 127r)
[ca. 1440-1460]
The miniature depicts the scene of the Nativity in the stable. The Virgin Mary is dressed in a blue gown and a cloak decorated in gold, her arms crossed on her chest, and looking down at the Christ C...
Circumcision (fol. 136r)
[ca. 1440-1460]
The Virgin Mary presents the Christ Child to the priest for circumcision. Joseph observes the scene.
Adoration of the Magi (fol. 140r)
[ca. 1440-1460]
The miniature depicts the three Magi, represented as kings, approaching the Virgin and Child, and offering gold, frankincense and myrrh. The faces of the Virgin, Child, and the kneeling king (Caspar) ...
Presentation in the Temple (fol. 146v)
[ca. 1440-1460]
The Virgin Mary presents the Christ Child to the High Priest, Simeon, who is holding a white cloth. A handmaiden behind the Virgin carries a basket. Joseph is seen standing back and holding his hat. A...
Floral border (fol. 151v)
[ca. 1440-1460]
Rinceau border with cranberries, blueberries, acanthus leaves and speedwells in the upper and lower margin. A column border in the middle of the page is composed of a bar-frame of gold and blue/pink v...
[Anselm, etc.]
Anselm Saint, Archbishop of Canterbury (1033-1109); John Chrysostom, Saint (407); Bernard, of Clairvaux, Saint (1153); Hugh of Saint-Victor (1096?-1141)
[ca. 1200-1250]
There is a late 13th-century list of contents on f. 1v. Decoration: 4 to 5-line initials for each text in blue and red, with pen ornament in both colours. 2-line initials for chapters, alternating i...