[Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis]
Decoration: 14 arched full-page miniatures over four lines of text and within full decorated borders in designs of curled leaves, flowers, birds and g...
Medieval Manuscripts
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Calendar: June (fol. 6r)
The double-compartment miniature has a man making hay, and the zodiacal sign of Cancer (the crab). The historiated border has St Barnabas the Apostle ...
Death on horseback (fol. 137v)
Death, represented as a black skeleton on a horse with red horns, sharp teeth and a long red tongue, rides out of trees to attack a group of frightene...
[Meditationes vite Christi]
Catchwords in cartouches, framed with red or brown ink, and some decorated with crude penwork. Decoration: 9-line incipit initial in blue, surrounde...
Presentation in the Temple (fol. 93v)
The Virgin Mary kneels in front of the altar. The High Priest, Simeon, is holding the Christ Child, who sits on the altar. Joseph stands in front of i...
Annunciation to the Virgin (fol. 86v)
The miniature depicts the angel Gabriel announcing the birth of Christ to the Virgin Mary. Gabriel holds a sceptre and wears a coronet with a cross. M...
Annunciation to the Virgin (fol. 39r)
The miniature depicts Angel Gabriel announcing the birth of Christ to the Virgin Mary. Gabriel, with green and orange wings, holds a scroll that reads...
The Creation (fol. 5r)
Initial 'I' encloses the scene of God creating Heaven and Earth, the trees and plants, the sun and moon, the birds and animals, Adam, God resting on t...
St. Bernadine of Siena (fol. 157v)
Portrait of St. Bernadine of Siena, a Franciscan Friar, with a scroll coming out of his mouth. Context: Suffrages: Saint Bernadine of Siena...
St. George and the Dragon (fol. 151v)
St. George on horseback, dressed in armour (St. George's cross decorates his shield), brandishes his sword. His lance lies broken on the ground and pi...