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Cockerel (fol. 102r)
[ca. 1450-1500]
The border is decorated with a cockerel, grapes, pinks, thistles and acanthus leaves. A 3-line initial in blue has white penwork ornamentation, on a gold ground.
Border with green parrot (fol. 24r)
[ca. 1470-1480]
Full floral border decorated with thistles in a vase, strawberries, poppyheads, acanthus leaves, gold balls with coloured lobes, and large aroid flowers in the bottom corners. The poppyheads and the g...
A couple in a garden (fol. 21r)
[ca.1480-1500]
The border is decorated with columbines, speedwells, pea flowers, strawberries, thistles, a bird, a fly, and a man and woman kneeling on the grass and holding out their arms, perhaps as if gardening. ...
Virgin Mary, Christ, St. John and Mary (fol. 138r)
[ca.1480-1500]
The historiated initial shows St. John holding the body of the crucified Christ, with the Virgin Mary in blue, Mary Magdalene in yellow, and a third Mary gathered around. The border is decorated with ...
Agony in the Garden (fol. 148r)
[ca.1480-1500]
The historiated initial shows Christ praying in the Garden of Gethsemane, while his disciples sleep. The border is decorated with speedwells, strawberries, pimpernels, acanthus leaves and a bird.
Birds and flowers (fol. 104r)
[ca. 1500-1520]
The border is decorated with pinks, strawberries, buttercups, heartsease, borage, pea flowers, mosquitos, a fly, a beetle, a butterfly, an owl, and other birds and flowers. 6-line foliate initial 'O' ...
Birds and flowers (fol. 14r)
[ca.1480-1500]
The border is decorated with birds, roses, thistles, strawberries, speedwells and acanthus leaves. 6-line foliate initial.
Peacock and butterfly (fol. 58r)
[ca.1480-1500]
The border is decorated with roses, speedwells, strawberries, flies, a butterfly and a peacock. 6-line foliate initial.
Birds and flowers (fol. 66r)
[ca.1480-1500]
The border is decorated with birds, columbines, pinks, thistles, speedwells and strawberries. 6-line foliate initial encloses a fly.
Birds and flowers (fol. 77r)
[ca.1480-1500]
The border is decorated with birds, a fly, strawberries, speedwells, thistles, columbines and acanthus leaves. 6-line foliate initial.
A bird, flowers and a man (fol. 81r)
[ca.1480-1500]
The border is decorated with a bird, pinks, strawberries, thistles, speedwells, acanthus leaves and a man dressed in clothes for labour, with a hat, a hood, an apron and boots. 5-line foliate initial ...
Calendar: June (fol. 7r)
[ca.1480-1500]
The roundel miniature has the zodiacal sign of Cancer (the crab). The border is decorated with three robins, strawberries, thistles, speedwells, pimpernels, and a columbine.