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Man and fabulous monster (fol. 16v)
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Man and fabulous monster (fol. 16v)

[ca. 142-?]

The historiated border includes a man with a long candle and a dragon-lion-type grotesque.

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St. Michael and the Devil (fol. 128v)
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St. Michael and the Devil (fol. 128v)

[ca. 1490]

St. Michael is shown seizing the Devil.

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A man and a monster (fol. 33r)
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A man and a monster (fol. 33r)

[ca. 142-?]

The historiated border includes a grotesque with a lizard's body and a man's head, and a man carrying two buckets over a stick.

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A man and a monster (fol. 33v)
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A man and a monster (fol. 33v)

[ca. 142-?]

The historiated border includes a grotesque with a lizard's body and a man's head, and a man carrying two buckets over a stick.

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St. Margaret (fol. 77v)
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St. Margaret (fol. 77v)

[ca. 1500-1520]

St. Margaret, holding a processional cross and a book after escaping from the stomach of a dragon.

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St. Martha (fol. 81r)
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St. Martha (fol. 81r)

[ca. 1500-1520]

St. Martha, standing by a cave from which a monster emerges, and holding a book and a cross.

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A man and a monster (fol. 25r)
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A man and a monster (fol. 25r)

[ca. 142-?]

The historiated border includes an old man with webbed feet holding his beard, and a man with donkey's ears carrying a branch.

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A man and a monster (fol. 28v)
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A man and a monster (fol. 28v)

[ca. 142-?]

The historiated border includes a man carrying a rake, and a grotesque with green fur, wings, claws, tusks and a cone-shaped beak.

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A man and a monster (fol. 27r)
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A man and a monster (fol. 27r)

[ca. 142-?]

The historiated border includes a man holding an open book, and a grotesque with a man's head on a lion's body holding twigs bundled together.

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A man making music (fol. 34r)
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A man making music (fol. 34r)

[ca. 142-?]

The historiated border includes a man making music with a stringed instrument, and a man with animal legs carrying a sceptre and a wooden stick.

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Man and bird-lion (fol. 15r)
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Man and bird-lion (fol. 15r)

[ca. 142-?]

The historiated border includes a man sitting on a pillow and holding a wooden club, and a grotesque in the form of a half-lion and a bird.

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Man and mythical bird (fol. 16r)
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Man and mythical bird (fol. 16r)

[ca. 142-?]

The historiated border includes a man with a wooden club and a bird-like grotesque with lion's legs and a beak in the shape of a trumpet.

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