Freeing prisoners (fol. 50v)
The border is historiated with a scene of two men being liberated from prison by a richly clad man with a sword tied to his waist, while one prisoner ...
Medieval Manuscripts
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The prophet Ezekiel's vision (fol. 337r)
Initial 'E' encloses the vision of the prophet Ezekiel: the tetramorph of the four evangelists. His vision was of God sitting on his throne, being car...
Pentecost (fol. 37v)
The arched miniature depicts the scene of Pentecost. The dove of the Holy Ghost descends upon the Virgin and the Apostles within a church. The Virgin ...
[Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis]
Decoration: 22 full-page miniatures within arched compartments surrounded by full floral borders, and 22 historiated initials. The illuminations are p...
The sacrifice of Isaac (fol. 27r)
Foliate initial 'S' is historiated with Abraham holding his sword, ready to kill his son Isaac, when an angel stops him by seizing the sword. The bord...
Christ blind-folded (fol. 70r)
The border is historiated with the scene of Christ being humiliated by three soldiers. One of them holds a blind-fold over his eyes, another holds up ...
St. Catherine of Alexandria (fol. 247r)
St. Catherine is shown with a sword and wheel, the attributes of her martydom. She is holding a book, a symbol of her wisdom. The emperor who ordered ...
A man and a monster (fol. 33r)
The historiated border includes a grotesque with a lizard's body and a man's head, and a man carrying two buckets over a stick. Context: Penitential...
Coronation of the Virgin (fol. 61r)
The Virgin Mary receives a crown from an angel. She kneels in front of the enthroned God the Father, who is wearing a tiara and holding a globe. The b...
Monsters and grotesques (fol. 30r)
The historiated border includes a grotesque with a woman's head wearing a head-dress and with a lion's lower body walking with a stick (tau cross), an...