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Pale Rider

Pale Rider

Prologue by Gilbert de la Porrée (ff. 2r-3v); Apocalypse (Revelation) in prose with glosses (ff. 3v-58v). Source: British Library Add ms 17399, …

Queen of Hearts

Queen of Hearts

Isidore of Seville, Etymologiae Source: British Library Add ms 15603, f.93r.

Kint Geboren

Kint Geboren

Jacob van Maerlant, Der naturen bloeme Source: British Library Add ms 11390, f.1v.

Terrobolem

Terrobolem

Two terrobolem stones, male and female, when brought close together, spontaneously ignite and create a raging fire. Bestiary Source: British Library Add …

Pin Pricked

Pin Pricked

Pinpricks allow the transfer of a drawing from one sheet of vellum to another. Bestiary Source: British Library Add ms 11283, f.6r.

Temptation

Temptation

Bible (The ‘Moutier-Grandval Bible’). Source: British Library Add MS 10546, f. 5v.

Angel of the Creation

Angel of the Creation

Bible (The ‘Moutier-Grandval Bible’). Source: British Library Add MS 10546, f. 5v.

Shepherds abiding in the field

Shepherds abiding in the field

The Book of Psalms, Psalter of the Virgin Mary, and Little Office of the Virgin Mary Source: British Library Arundel ms 157, …

Paradysus

Paradysus

Saint-Omer, 1121. Source: Universiteitsbibliotheek Gent Liber Floridus Universiteitsbibliotheek Gent, HS. 92, fol. 52r.

Constellation Orion

Constellation Orion

Saint-Omer, 1121. Source: Universiteitsbibliotheek Gent Liber Floridus Universiteitsbibliotheek Gent, HS. 92, fol. 90v.

Cursus Solis Solsticialis

Cursus Solis Solsticialis

Here’s how you figure it out: Saint-Omer, 1121. Source: Universiteitsbibliotheek Gent Liber Floridus, HS. 92, fol. 25r.

St. Denys

St. Denys

Vie de saint Denys et ses compaignons Source: British Library Harley ms 4409, f.10r.

In Capable Hands

In Capable Hands

Guillaume de Diguleville, Pèlerinage de la vie humaine Source: British Library Harley ms 4399, f.59v.