Annunciation to the Shepherds (fol. 83v)
Three angels announcing the birth of Christ appear in the sky to three shepherds. Two of the shepherds, holding their staffs, shield their eyes from t...
Medieval Manuscripts
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Flight into Egypt (fol. 98r)
The Virgin Mary, Joseph and the Christ Child make their way to Egypt through a hilly landscape, Mary and Christ seated on an ass. On the background on...
St. John, the Evangelist (fol. 13r)
Initial 'I' historiated with St. John the Evangelist, writing on a scroll on Patmos. The eagle, his symbol, sits beside him. Context: Gospel Sequenc...
Virgin Mary and St. John (fol. 35r)
The initial 'O' is historiated with the Virgin Mary and St. John in prayer. Context: Prayer to the Virgin Mary: O intemerata et in eternum...
The Betrayal (fol. 18v)
The initial 'I' is historiated with the scene of the Betrayal and Arrest of Christ. Christ heals Malchus's ear, while Peter stands on the left with a ...
The Holy Trinity (fol. 192v)
6-line initial historiated with the Holy Trinity: God the Father, wearing a triple tiara, raises his hand in blessing and holds the cross, on which Ch...
[Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis]
Decoration: 12 large miniatures in arched compartments surrounded by full borders on parti-coloured grounds divided up into areas of liquid gold and u...
[Biblical and genealogical chronicle from Adam and Eve to Louis XI of France]
Decoration: 64 miniatures within roundels with toothed edges, 58-83 mm in diameter. 7-line incipit initial 'C' in blue on decorated gold ground. 4-lin...
Nebuchadnezzar, Balthasar, Rome, Paris (image 13)
The roundel on the top left shows Evilmerodach chopping the body of his father Nebuchadnezzar, King of Babylon, into three hundred pieces in order to ...
Genealogical tables (image 7)
Part of the genealogical network that follows throughout the manuscript, names written within red circles, here progressing down from Abraham and Isaa...