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Exaltation of the Holy Cross (fol. 232v)
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Exaltation of the Holy Cross (fol. 232v)

[ca. 1440-1460]

Within a small chapel two men, one crowned, and two women gather around an altar to worship the cross.

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Foliate initials (fol. 84v)
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Foliate initials (fol. 84v)

[ca. 1300-1320]

Two initials 'D' and 'R' composed of and infilled with foliage in pink, blue, red and green, extending to the border, and further decorated with golden balls.

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Extracts from Ptolemy's Almagest and other works, and from the Greek commentators on the Almagest
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Extracts from Ptolemy's Almagest and other works, and from the Greek commentators on the Almagest 9 (v.1)

Ptolemy; Theon of Alexandria; Porphyry (234-305); Rhabdas, Nicolaus Artabasdos

[14--? ]

Volume 1 contains extracts from Ptolemy Mathematike Syntaxis (the Almagest), together with two other short works on astronomy by Ptolemy (c. 2 AD), and extracts from the commentary on the Mathematike ...

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Extracts from Ptolemy's Almagest and other works, and from the Greek commentators on the Almagest (v.2)
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Extracts from Ptolemy's Almagest and other works, and from the Greek commentators on the Almagest (v.2)

Ptolemy; Theon of Alexandria; Porphyry (234-305); Rhabdas, Nicolaus Artabasdos

[14--? ]

Volume 1 contains extracts from Ptolemy Mathematike Syntaxis (the Almagest), together with two other short works on astronomy by Ptolemy (c. 2 AD), and extracts from the commentary on the Mathematike ...

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Extracts from Ptolemy's Almagest and other works, and from the Greek commentators on the Almagest (v.3)
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Extracts from Ptolemy's Almagest and other works, and from the Greek commentators on the Almagest (v.3)

Ptolemy; Theon of Alexandria; Porphyry (234-305); Rhabdas, Nicolaus Artabasdos

[14--? ]

Volume 1 contains extracts from Ptolemy Mathematike Syntaxis (the Almagest), together with two other short works on astronomy by Ptolemy (c. 2 AD), and extracts from the commentary on the Mathematike ...

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Extracts from Ptolemy's Almagest and other works, and from the Greek commentators on the Almagest 9 (v.1)

Ptolemy; Theon of Alexandria; Porphyry (234-305); Rhabdas, Nicolaus Artabasdos

[14--? ]

Volume 1 contains extracts from Ptolemy Mathematike Syntaxis (the Almagest), together with two other short works on astronomy by Ptolemy (c. 2 AD), and extracts from the commentary on the Mathematike ...

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