![]() ![]() 280v-302r: Canticles, with scenes from the Passion of Christ and other miniatures.ff. 84r-280r: Psalter, illustrated with miniatures of the Life of Christ, and bas-de-page scenes with images from the bestiary, legends of saints, and other sources (including hunting scenes).ff. 1563), courtier and soldier, arrested at the accession of Queen Mary in 1553: 'This boke was sume tyme, and it was his wil / that it shulde by successioun all way / go to the or to /. 84r: A later inscription by Henry Manners, 2nd earl of Rutland (b. Notable saints in the calendar include: St Wulfstan (19 January) St Cedda (2 March) Edward the Confessor (18 March) St Cuthbert (20 March) St Richard (3 April) St Alphege (19 April) St Dunstan (19 May) St Aldhelm (25 May) Translation of St Richard (16 June) Translation of Edward the Confessor (20 June) St Werburg (21 June, her usual day is 3 February) St Alban (22 June) St Etheldreda (23 June) Translation of St Thomas Becket (7 July, partially erased) Translation of St Swithun (15 July) St Cuthberga (31 August) Translation of St Cuthbert (4 September) St Edith (16 September) St Wilfrid (12 October) Translation of Edward the Confessor (13 October, duplicate) St Fredeswide (19 October) St Edmund (16 November) St Hugh (17 November) St Thomas Becket (29 December, erased). 71r-83v: Calendar, with accompanying miniatures of the signs of the Zodiac and labours of the month. Each prophet carries a scroll inscribed with verses (not always correctly assigned) each Apostle carries a scroll inscribed with sections of the Creed.ff. 69v-70r: Full-page miniatures of paired Old Testament prophets and Apostles. 67r-68r: Full-page miniatures of the Tree of Jesse opposite the Holy Family. 1r-66v: Cycle of 223 tinted drawings illustrating Old Testament scenes, from the Fall of Lucifer and the Creation to the Death of Solomon, with accompanying Anglo-Norman explanatory verses, beginning, 'Coment lucifer chayit de ciel e devient diable e grant multitudo des angeles ouesqe li' (f. Psalter, in Latin, with preceding Old Testament cycle and calendar, followed by Canticles, Litanies, and prayers.Contents:ff. ![]()
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