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Floral border (fol. 151v)
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Floral border (fol. 151v)

[ca. 1440-1460]

Rinceau border with cranberries, blueberries, acanthus leaves and speedwells in the upper and lower margin. A column border in the middle of the page is composed of a bar-frame of gold and blue/pink v...

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Floral border (fol. 117v)
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Floral border (fol. 117v)

[ca. 1440-1460]

Rinceau border with acanthus leaves, thistles, barbed quatrefoils, red berries, bluebells, a trumpet flower, and black hairline tendrils with gold ivy leaves and pine cones. Bar-frame border in rose/b...

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Calendar: August (fol. 9r)
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Calendar: August (fol. 9r)

[ca.1480-1500]

The roundel miniature has the zodiacal sign of Virgo (the virgin). The border is decorated with pinks, pea flowers, speedwells, strawberries and acanthus leaves.

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

[ca.1480-1500]

The roundel miniature has the zodiacal sign of Sagittarius (the archer), in the form of a centaur. The border is decorated with a robin, strawberries, speedwells, thistles and acanthus leaves.

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Birds and flowers (fol. 77r)
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Birds and flowers (fol. 77r)

[ca.1480-1500]

The border is decorated with birds, a fly, strawberries, speedwells, thistles, columbines and acanthus leaves. 6-line foliate initial.

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Dragon and butterfly (fol. 98v)
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Dragon and butterfly (fol. 98v)

[ca. 1500-1520]

The border is decorated with acanthus leaves, a deadnettle, a borage, a strawberry and a butterfly. 6-line zoomorphic initial 'S' formed of a green-winged dragon.

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Birds and flowers (fol. 14r)
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Birds and flowers (fol. 14r)

[ca.1480-1500]

The border is decorated with birds, roses, thistles, strawberries, speedwells and acanthus leaves. 6-line foliate initial.

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Peas and blueberries (fol. 169v)
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Peas and blueberries (fol. 169v)

[ca. 1440-1460]

The border is decorated with a design of peas in pods, blueberries, campanulas and curved acanthus leaves. There is a 2-line initial 'P' in blue and red with white penwork on a gold ground.

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Cockerel (fol. 102r)
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Cockerel (fol. 102r)

[ca. 1450-1500]

The border is decorated with a cockerel, grapes, pinks, thistles and acanthus leaves. A 3-line initial in blue has white penwork ornamentation, on a gold ground.

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Calendar: November (fol. 11v)
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Calendar: November (fol. 11v)

[ca.1480-1500]

The miniature at the foot of the page depicts two men and a woman knocking acorns out of oak trees and driving pigs to the woods to eat them. The border is decorated with strawberries, thistles, speed...

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Two cockerels (fol. 56r)
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Two cockerels (fol. 56r)

[ca. 1450-1500]

The border has two cockerels, peas in pods, pansies, thistles and acanthus leaves. 6-line initial in red with write penwork ornamentation is infilled with flowers in a vase, on a gold ground.

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Calendar: October (fol. 11r)
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Calendar: October (fol. 11r)

[ca.1480-1500]

The roundel miniature has the zodiacal sign of September, Libra (the balance), although it should have the sign for October, Scorpio (the scorpion). The border is decorated with strawberries, columbin...

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