The Fall of Man (fol. 87r)
Adam and Eve eat the apple from the Tree of Knowledgel. The serpent, with a human head and hands, reaches out to pick another fruit. As Adam and Eve d...
Medieval Manuscripts
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Solomon instructing Rehoboam (fol. 256r)
Initial 'P' encloses the scene of King Solomon, wearing a crown, teaching Rehoboam, who is holding a book. It is further decorated with a deer (?) hea...
David pointing to his mouth (fol. 208v)
Initial 'D' encloses a scene of David pointing to his mouth, looking up to God. The other initial 'D' has two men in conversation (King David communic...
The blinding of Tobit (fol. 181r)
Initial 'T' encloses the scene of Tobit being blinded by a swallow's dropping. Context: Tobit...
Abishag and Bathsheba before David (fol. 122v)
Initial 'R' encloses the scene of Abishag and Bathsheba before the old King David, who lies in his sickbed. Bathsheba and David wear crowns. Abishag, ...
Moses and the Israelites (fol. 63v)
Initial 'H' encloses the scene of Moses and the Israelites on their way to the Jordan. The border decoration extending from the initial includes a hea...
Gregory the Great (image 27)
The roundel on the left shows Gregory the Great, enthroned, wearing a papal triple tiara, and talking to a cardinal, dressed in red robes (47). The ro...
Pharamond, Conain (image 21)
The roundel on the left depicts the crowning of Pharamond, the (possibly legendary) first king of Salian Franks (40). The roundel on the right has Duk...
Speedwell (fol. 165r)
7-line foliate initial 'L' infilled with a single small speedwell. Context: Prayer at Easter: Liberator restaurator redemptor et reparator...
Pimpernels (fol. 153v)
7-line foliate initial 'O' infilled with small pink pimpernel-type flowers. Context: Prayer to Saint Paul: Beate paule appostole...