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Meeting at the Golden Gate (fol. 262r)
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Meeting at the Golden Gate (fol. 262r)

[ca. 1440-1460]

St Anna and St Joachim are seen embracing at the Golden Gate, after an angel had appeared to St Anna announcing she was to give birth to the Virgin Mary.

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St. Anne (fol. 42v)
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St. Anne (fol. 42v)

[ca. 1440-1460]

The miniature depicts St. Anne, enthroned, holding the Virgin Mary,with a crowned halo. The Virgin Mary in turn is holding the Christ Child, with a tripartite halo.

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Calendar: December (fol. 12r)
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Calendar: December (fol. 12r)

[ca. 142-?]

The double-compartment miniature has a man slaughtering a pig, and the zodiacal sign of Capricorn (the goat). The scenes in the historiated border are: an unidentified bishop with a mitre and a crosie...

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