Praying and reading (fol. 36v)
The historiated border includes an abbess reading, and an angel kneeling in prayer. Context: Litany...
Medieval Manuscripts
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Solomon speaking to a prophet (fol. 264v)
Initial 'V' encloses a scene of King Solomon, crowned, speaking to a prophet. The border has a bird and a head of a grotesque or an animal. Context:...
Fool biting a loaf (fol. 213r)
Initial 'D' encloses a scene of a fool biting a loaf. The other initial 'D' shows God looking down on sleeping men. Context: Psalter: Psalm 52...
Judith beheading Holofernes (fol. 185v)
Initial 'U' encloses the scene of Judith beheading Holofernes with his own sword. The border includes a hybrid of a bird with an animal head wearing a...
Ahaziah falling from his palace (fol. 135v)
Initial 'P' encloses the scene ofAhaziah falling from an upper chamber of his palace. A satyr-type monster catches him. Context: Kings IV...
Death of Moses (fol. 77v)
Initial 'E' encloses the scene of Moses lying on his deathbed, with two mourners by his side. Context: Joshua...
Hugh the Capet, Godfrey of Bouillon (image 28)
The roundel on the left shows the crowning of Hugh the Capet, king of France (49). The roundel on the right depicts Godfrey of Bouillon, the leader of...
Baptism of Clovis (image 22)
The roundel shows St. Remigius of Rheims, wearing a bishop's mitre, baptizes Clovis, king of the Franks (41). Context: History of the world: Europea...
Judas Machabeus, Nativity of Christ (image 16)
The roundel at top left depicts Judas Machabeus (30). The artist has user a generic warrior model, almost identical to that used for Joshua (15) and A...
Wagtail and flowers (fol. 156r)
The border is decorated with a wagtail, a butterfly, a beetle, strawberry flowers, a periwinkle, a speedwell, a pink, grapes, a water bird and curved ...