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Solomon instructing Rehoboam (fol. 256r)
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Solomon instructing Rehoboam (fol. 256r)

[ca. 1260]

Initial 'P' encloses the scene of King Solomon, wearing a crown, teaching Rehoboam, who is holding a book. It is further decorated with a deer (?) head. The initial 'I' is decorated with a hybrid of a...

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Amos (fol. 371v)
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Amos (fol. 371v)

[ca. 1260]

Initial 'V' encloses the scene of Amos seated in a field with his flocks of sheep. The border has a hybrid of a bird with a human head.

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St Luke (fol. 14r)
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St Luke (fol. 14r)

[ca. 142-?]

The scenes in the historiated border are: a grotesque in the form of a green bird with a head of a bearded old man; the ox, the symbol of the Evangelist St Luke; St Luke copying a manuscript from an e...

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St. John, the Evangelist (fol. 13r)
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St. John, the Evangelist (fol. 13r)

[ca. 1490]

The full-page miniature shows St. John, the Evangelist, writing the Book of Revelation on a scroll on the island of Patmos. The eagle, his symbol, is beside him. God the Father appears to him within a...

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St. George and the Dragon (fol. 151v)
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St. George and the Dragon (fol. 151v)

[1450-1475]

St. George on horseback, dressed in armour (St. George's cross decorates his shield), brandishes his sword. His lance lies broken on the ground and pierced through the neck of the dragon. The princess...

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St. Anthony Abbot of Egypt (fol. 154r)
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St. Anthony Abbot of Egypt (fol. 154r)

[1450-1475]

St. Anthony,holding a T-shaped crutch (Tau-cross), a book and a bell, stands in a fire (St. Anthony's fire), with a pig beside him. He is clad in the habit of his Order, a dark robe and cowl. In the b...

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Grotesques (fol. 14v)
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Grotesques (fol. 14v)

[ca. 142-?]

The historiated border includes three grotesques: a green bird with a head of a bearded old man wearing a hat and a collar; a lion with a man's head clad in a hood, man's for- legs clad in socks, and ...

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Man and bird-lion (fol. 15r)
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Man and bird-lion (fol. 15r)

[ca. 142-?]

The historiated border includes a man sitting on a pillow and holding a wooden club, and a grotesque in the form of a half-lion and a bird.

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Man and mythical bird (fol. 16r)
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Man and mythical bird (fol. 16r)

[ca. 142-?]

The historiated border includes a man with a wooden club and a bird-like grotesque with lion's legs and a beak in the shape of a trumpet.

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Man and fabulous monster (fol. 16v)
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Man and fabulous monster (fol. 16v)

[ca. 142-?]

The historiated border includes a man with a long candle and a dragon-lion-type grotesque.

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Dragon making music (fol. 18r)
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Dragon making music (fol. 18r)

[ca. 142-?]

The historiated border includes a man wearing a blue jacket with gold buttons and a belt, and a two-legged dragon with wings playing a brass instrument.

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Man making music (fol. 19r)
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Man making music (fol. 19r)

[ca. 142-?]

The historiated border includes a man playing a hurdy-gurdy, and a grotesque with a man's upper body attached to the body of a four-legged animal carrying a carafe.

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