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angels3
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god the father2
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Annunciation to the Virgin (fol. 86v)
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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....

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Coronation of the Virgin and All Saints (fol. 120v)
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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...

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The resurrection of souls (fol. 170r)
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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...

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