Volume 1 contains extracts from Ptolemy Mathematike Syntaxis (the Almagest), together with two other short works on astronomy by Ptolemy (c. 2 AD), an...
4-line initial 'U' in gold, on red/blue background, decorated with white penwork (a coat of arms with four fleur de lis). Floral border composed of ha...
The border is decorated with Pan (from Greek mythology), the god of Nature, with his horns and legs of a goat and body of a man, wearing a wreath and ...
The border is decorated with acanthus leaves (and a flower?) and a large red flower with five petals. 6-line foliate initial 'G'. Context: Prayers: ...
6-line foliate iniatial decorated with a fantastical flower with two yellow spadix-like tongues. Context: Prayers: Laudo et glorifico te domine...
3-line initial in blue, gold, pink and green, with white penwork decoration, and infilled with a pink leaf. On the left, a column border decorated wi...
The large arched miniature depicts the crucifixion of Christ, with the Virgin Mary on the left and St. John on the right. Blood pours from Christ's wo...
4-line initial in blue and gold, infilled with a pink and yellow flower, with white penwork decoration. Three-sided border of flowers, leaves and gold...
The miniature at the foot of the page depicts two men slaughtering a pig, which apparently lies in a fire. A woman looks on from the house on the back...
The miniature at the foot of the page shows a man sowing seeds in a field, while another man holds a donkey carrying a sack. A hill and a fence can be...