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Total number of records: 98
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Peacock and pinks (fol. 49r)
[ca.1480-1500]
The border is decorated with pinks, thistles, borage, flies, a bird with a green head and a peacock. 6-line foliate initial.
Bird and flowers (fol. 94v)
[ca. 1500-1520]
The border is decorated with acanthus leaves, pinks, a wild rose, some pink flowers and a small grey bird. 6-line foliate intial 'D'.
Floral border and initial (fol. 107r)
[ca. 1480-1500]
3-line initial in blue, gold, pink and green, with white penwork decoration, and infilled with a pink leaf. On the left, a column border decorated with flowers, leaves and gold discs with concentric ...
Floral border and initial (fol. 108r)
[ca. 1480-1500]
3-line initial in blue, gold, pink and green, with white penwork decoration, and infilled with a pink leaf. On the left, a column border decorated with flowers, leaves and gold discs with concentric ...
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 ...
Pelican reviving her young (fol. 91r)
[ca. 1500-1520]
The lower border depicts a pelican reviving its dead young with its own blood, an allegory of Christ's sacrifice on the cross. The border also has acanthus leaves, pinks, a rose, a swallow, a jay and ...
Peonies and acanthus leaves (fol. 168v)
[ca. 1500-1520]
The border is decorated with acanthus leaves, peonies, and a pink. 7-line foliate initial 'D'.
Floral border (fol. 118r)
[ca. 1450-1500]
The border is decorated with pinks, speedwells, pansies and acanthus leaves. There is a 2-line initial in blue on a gold ground.
Pimpernels (fol. 153v)
[ca. 1500-1520]
7-line foliate initial 'O' infilled with small pink pimpernel-type flowers.