Agony in the Garden (fol. 157v)
Christ prays in the Garden of Gethsemane, while his disciples sleep in the foreground. Context: Breviary offices: Thursday in Holy Week: Zelus domus...
Medieval Manuscripts
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Floral border (fol. 124v)
The 'Subvenite sancti Dei' begins with a 3-line initial 'S' in blue on a gold ground. The border in the upper and lower margins is in designs of littl...
King David (fol. 77v)
The historiated initial depicts King David writing in a book in his study, with God appearing to him in a cloud above. David's harp and another book l...
[Sermons, etc.]
There are 2-line initials in red or the ink of the text. The pastedowns are from a 12th-century sanctoral of a missal, with the vigil and day of Sai...
Charles VII of France (image 36)
The roundel has Charles VII of France enthroned (60). Context: History of the world: French history...
Theodoretus Interpretatio in Psalmos
An incomplete eleventh-century copy of the Psalm commentaries of the fifth-century theologian Theodoret....
Floral border (fol. 218v)
3-line initial 'D' in gold, decorated with blue penwork. 1/4 bar-frame border in gold and red/blue. The rest of the border is decorated with hairline ...
Floral border (fol. 67r)
5-line initial 'D' gold, on red/blue background decorated with white penwork of flowers and leaves. 1/4 bar-frame border in gold and blue which develo...
Bird and flowers (fol. 94v)
The border is decorated with acanthus leaves, pinks, a wild rose, some pink flowers and a small grey bird. 6-line foliate intial 'D'. Context: Devot...
Grapes and buttercups (fol. 86r)
The border is decorated with small buttercup-type flowers, grapes and curved acanthus leaves. 6-line foliate initial 'D'. Context: Prayer of Saint A...