Peas and blueberries (fol. 169v)
The border is decorated with a design of peas in pods, blueberries, campanulas and curved acanthus leaves. There is a 2-line initial 'P' in blue and r...
Medieval Manuscripts
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The Coronation of the Virgin (fol. 105v)
The Virgin Mary receives the crown from an angel. She kneels in front of the enthroned God the Father, who is wearing a triple tiara and holding a glo...
Nativity (fol. 77r)
The miniature depicts the scene of the Nativity in the stable. The Virgin Mary and Jose[h kneel in adoration of the Christ Child, while the ox and th...
Confessors (fol. 159r)
The miniature shows a group of confessors, with one of them holding a ladder. Context: Suffrages: Confessors...
Hugh of Mazijnghem (fol. 153v)
A suppliant, named (over an erasure) as Hugh of Mazijnghem (the second owner of the manuscript), is depicted kneeling in prayer in front of a small al...
Apostles (fol. 147r)
The miniature shows a group of apostles, with St. Peter holding a key and a cross, and St. Andrew holding an X-shaped cross, in the foreground. Cont...
Decorated initials (fol. 81r)
Decorated initials 'I' and 'A' in blue and red patterned with white, decorated with trefoils, on burnished gold grounds. Black hairline tendrils sprin...
The Annunciation to the Virgin (fol. 37r)
The Virgin Mary kneels by a small altar on which a book lies open. The angel Gabriel, depicted with green wings, announces that she will give birth to...
The Raising of Lazarus (fol. 13r)
Christ raises Lazarus from the dead, who climbs from his tomb. One of Lazarus's sisters, Martha or Mary, stands by the grave. Three disciples stand by...
Mass of St. Gregory (fol. 1v)
St Gregory the Great (Pope Gregory I), kneels at the altar during a Mass, with two priests, one of them holding his triple tiara. Christ appears to hi...