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St. Claude, Bishop of Besançon (fol. 155r)
[1450-1475]
St. Claudius (Claude), Bishop of Besançon, with a mitre and a crozier, stills a storm at sea. A sailing boat with three people approaches, and a body rises from a grave in front of the saint.
A dog-bishop and birds in gowns (fol. 28r)
[ca. 142-?]
The historiated border includes a dog or a deer dressed up as a bishop, and a group of three birds, including a cockerell, wearing gowns.
Floral border (fol. 149r)
[ca. 1470-1480]
Bar-frame border in gold and in rose/blue acanthus vine that extends into the border in curved leaves and hairline tendrils that carry poppyheads, heart motifs, gold pine cones and gold balls with gre...
Two figures discussing (fol. 398v)
[ca. 1260]
Initial 'E' encloses a scene of two figures in discussion, both with halos. The initial is decorated further with a dragon-like creature.
[Psalterium]
[1418]
A leaf missing before f. 14. A raised pastedown (f. 190) with the text in the form of absolution on recto, and part of a licence on verso. Decoration: 2 to 3-line initials in blue with elaborate red...
[Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis]
[ca. 1440-1460]
Decoration: 22 full-page miniatures within arched compartments surrounded by full floral borders, and 22 historiated initials. The illuminations are probably by a French artist. Written in textualis...