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Virgin and Child (fol. 13r)
[ca. 1480-1500]
This full page miniature shows the Virgin Mary holding the Christ-Child between pillars within a classical arch. Above them God the Father is blessing and holding the orb. On either side of him is a r...
King David (fol. 98r)
[1450-1475]
King David is shown in prayer on a river bank with his harp lying beside him. A small red angel appears in the sky above him. The landscape is of water, forests, rocks, and a distant town.
The resurrection of souls (fol. 170r)
[ca. 1490 and ca. 1500-1510]
St. Michael the Archangel receives souls after the general resurrection to take into Heaven, where God, clad in a red papal triple tiara and cloak, holds a globe with a cross, and is surrounded by fac...
Annunciation to the Virgin
14th century
A large arched miniature of the Annunciation, in a French style of painting. The angel Gabriel announces the birth of Christ to the Virgin Mary. Gabriel holds a scroll with the words "Ave gracia ...
Coronation of the Virgin and All Saints (fol. 120v)
[ca. 1490 and ca. 1500-1510]
The miniature shows God, enthroned, placing a crown over the Virgin Mary's head. A group of saints surround them, including in the foreground, St. Barbara with a tower and a palm branch, St. Peter wit...
Annunciation to the Virgin (fol. 86v)
[ca. 1490 and ca. 1500-1510]
The miniature depicts the angel Gabriel announcing the birth of Christ to the Virgin Mary. Gabriel holds a sceptre and wears a coronet with a cross. Mary kneels by a small altar, under a green canopy....
Coronation of the Virgin (fol. 17v)
[ca. 1490 and ca. 1500-1510]
The full page miniature depicts the Coronation of the Virgin in heaven, and a patron couple in prayer. In the main, arched, miniature God the Father and Christ are enthroned in heaven, holding globes ...
The Last Judgement (fol. 148v)
[ca. 1490 and ca. 1500-1510]
The full-page miniature depicts the scene of the Last Judgement. Christ is depicted blessing, with sword and lily, inside a mandorla, feet resting on a blue globe, clad in a red cloak, hands and feet ...