Calendar: November (fol. 12r)
The roundel miniature has the zodiacal sign of Sagittarius (the archer), in the form of a centaur. The border is decorated with a robin, strawberries,...
Medieval Manuscripts
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Calendar: August (fol. 9r)
The roundel miniature has the zodiacal sign of Virgo (the virgin). The border is decorated with pinks, pea flowers, speedwells, strawberries and acant...
St. Mary Magdalene (fol. 136r)
St. Mary Magdalene is shown holding a jar of ointment. Context: Suffrages: Saint Mary Magdalene: Maria ergo unxit pedes Jesu...
St. Christopher (fol. 131v)
St. Christopher is shown carrying the Christ Child and holding a staff. Context: Suffrages: Saint Christopher: Sancte christofore martir dei precios...
The Virgin Mary and the Angel Gabriel (fol. 121r)
The small miniature shows the Virgin Mary and the angel Gabriel. Context: Devotions to the Virgin Mary: Missus est gabriel angelus...
St. Mark, the Evangelist (fol. 17v)
The full-page miniature shows St. Mark copying manuscript leaves from a book open on a lectern in front of him. The lion, his symbol, lies at his feet...
Calendar: October (fol. 10r)
The main miniature shows two men sowing and ploughing, and the border miniature has the zodiacal sign for October, Scorpio (the scorpion). Context: ...
Man and fabulous monster (fol. 16v)
The historiated border includes a man with a long candle and a dragon-lion-type grotesque. Context: Gospel sequences: St Matthew...
St John the Evangelist (fol. 13v)
The scenes in the historiated border are: St John the Evangelist holding a book and a palm branch, and a green dragon with a head scarf. Context: Go...
Calendar: October (fol. 10v)
The border is historiated with four saints: an unidentified bishop with a mitre and a crosier; St. Luke the Apostle and Evangelist as an artist; St Ju...