Louis XI of France (image 40)
The roundel has Louis XI of France enthroned (61). Context: History of the world: French history...
Medieval Manuscripts
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Calendar: May (fol. 6r)
The roundel miniature has the zodiacal sign of Gemini (the twins), showing a naked man and woman apparently standing in water. The border has a robin,...
Genealogical tables (image 34)
Part of the genealogical network or tree that follows throughout the manuscript, names written within red circles. Several initials in gold on blue/re...
Calendar: February (fol. 3r)
The roundel miniature depicts the zodiacal sign of Pisces (the fish). The border is decorated with pinks, pea flowers, strawberries, speedwells, curle...
Extracts from Ptolemy's Almagest and other works, and from the Greek commentators on the Almagest (v.3)
Volume 1 contains extracts from Ptolemy Mathematike Syntaxis (the Almagest), together with two other short works on astronomy by Ptolemy (c. 2 AD), an...
St. Apollonia of Alexandria (fol. 138r)
St. Apollonia, the patron saint of toothache, is depicted with a man pulling a tooth out of her mouth with pincers. Blood pours from her mouth. Cont...
Floral border (fol. 135r)
4-line initial 'D' in gold, on a red/blue background, decorated with white penwork. 1/4 bar-frame border in gold and blue. The rest of the border is d...
Christ (fol. 110r)
Christ is depicted with a cruciform halo, blessing and holding a cross. Context: Prayers to the Holy Trinity: Christ: Domine iesu christe fili dei...
Pig and bird (fol. 25r)
3-line initial 'B' in gold on a red/blue background with white penwork ornamentation of flowers, and decorated with two small quatrefoils at corners. ...
Christ carrying the cross (fol. 66v)
The full-page miniature shows Christ carrying the cross, surrounded by soldiers, and followed by the Virgin Mary and St. John. The border is formed fr...