Decorated initials (fol. 47v)
7- and 3-line initials 'I' in red and blue, decorated with pen ornamentation of flowers and pomegranates in various colours. Context: Gospel lection...
Medieval Manuscripts
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Dragon initial (fol. 76r)
Large zoomorphic initial 'E' composed of foliage and heads of dragons and other fabulous monsters, outlined in red, with shading in blue, on mauve, ye...
Face and a hyena (fol. 378r)
The prologue initial 'Q' is infilled with a male face in profile; the descender of the letter is formed from a hyena-type animal. Context: Habbakuk...
[Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis]
f. iii is a medieval flyleaf. Decoration: 1 full-page miniature depicting the burial service and 1 smaller miniature of the Virgin and Child, deface...
Grotesques (fol. 35v)
The historiated border includes a grotesque with the lower body of a bird and the upper body of a man holding a wooden spoon (?), and a grotesque with...
[Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis]
The original total of leaves is likely to have been 118, with the majority of the missing leaves likely to have contained illuminations and been cut o...
The martyrdom of Isaiah (fol. 290v)
Initial 'V' encloses the scene of the martyrdom of Isaiah. He is sawn in two by two men, by order of King Manasseh. Context: Isaiah...
Trinity (fol. 233v)
The two 'D' initials enclose representations of the Trinity, the second being a so-called Gnadenstuhl Trinity. Context: Psalter: Psalm109...
Coronation of David (fol. 204r)
Initial 'D' encloses the scene of the coronation of King David. The other initial 'D' encloses a scene of a man in prayer being approached by a man wi...
Priest asperging an altar (fol. 175v)
Initial 'V' encloses the scene of a priest asperging an altar, with three members of the church standing behind him. Context: Esdras II...