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The Annunciation to the Virgin (fol. 37r)
[1450-1475]
The Virgin Mary kneels by a small altar on which a book lies open. The angel Gabriel, depicted with green wings, announces that she will give birth to Christ. The Dove is depicted within a halo. The f...
[Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis]
[ca. 1480-1500]
Decoration: 4 full-page arched miniatures within borders decorated with flowers, curled leaves, berries and putti. There are fine 3 to 4-line illuminated initials, on gold grounds and infilled with fl...
[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...
[Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis]
[ca. 1450-1500]
The quire signatures (b-o) indicate a missing quire at the beginning of the manuscript (a calendar). Decoration: One full-page miniature (Virgin and Child) and two smaller miniatures. One 4-line his...
[Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis]
[ca. 142-?]
Four gatherings of 12 (Calendar), 8, 8 and 8. Leaves missing after the first two gatherings (Calendar; Gospel Sequences and Obsecro te) and the last two gatherings (Penitential psalms; Penitential psa...