f. 1r (1)miniature

Mary, standing to the right with a book in her left hand, raising her right with the palm in front view, is visited by Gabriel, holding an inscribed scroll in his left and making a speaking gesture with his right hand forward; the Holy Ghost, as a dove, descends upon Mary.

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f. 1r (2)miniature

Mary and Elisabeth, both with a scroll, putting an arm around one another's shoulder.

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f. 1v (1)miniature

Mary reclining in bed, with the suckling Christ-child in her arms; Joseph stands behind her bed, stretching his hand down, shaking up her pillow; behind them: the ox and ass at the empty manger which rests on columns; the Star of Bethlehem above the scene.

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f. 1v (2)miniature

a standing angel with a scroll in his left hand, makes a speaking gesture with his right hand forward, to three shepherds, who make various gestures: the foremost sits with his hand bent over his head as if to protect his eyes; the second one, leaning with his left hand forward on a shepherd's crook, holds his right hand next to his head with the palm in front view; the third, also with a shepherd's crook, raises his right arm, pointing upward to his left; the Star of Bethlehem in the centre above the scene; a ram and a cow.

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f. 2r (1)miniature

king Herod, sitting with his left hand on his knee, makes a speaking gesture with his right hand forward, to the Magi on his right; the foremost of them stretches his right hand forward; one of the two others stands behind him with averted body, but, turning his head back to his left, makes a speaking gesture with his right hand in front of his chest.

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f. 2r (2)miniature

the Wise Men present their gifts to the Christ-child, who sits on the left knee of Mary - enthroned and holding a flower in her right hand - with a book in his left hand and making a blessing gesture to the Magi on his right, with his right hand stretched forward; the foremost of them offers a bowl with both hand stretched forward; another holds his right hand in front of his chest and a precious vessel in his covered left; the third one stretches his right hand forward in a gesture of speech, holding a vessel in his covered left.

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f. 2v (1)miniature

the three Wise Men lying together in one bed: one with one eye open, the other two asleep, one of which rests his head in his hand; they are warned in a dream by a flying angel, appearing from a cloud with a scroll in his left hand and stretching his right hand forward in a gesture of speech; the Star of Bethlehem.

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f. 2v (2)miniature

Mary, standing behind the altar, presents the Christ-child, who makes a blessing gesture with his right hand forward, over the altar to Simeon, standing barefoot in front of it and reaching for the child with covered hands stretched forward; Joseph, with doves in his covered hands, and Anna, holding a candle in her covered hands, follow Mary.

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f. 3r (1)miniature

Joseph, with one hand covered, leads the ass, looking back to his right at Mary and the child; Mary rides on the ass, supporting the child with her covered right arm while holding her left hand in front of her chest; Christ is sitting on her knee, holding a closed scroll in his left and making a blessing gesture with his right hand forward.

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f. 3r (2)miniature

king Herod looks at the massacre, sitting at the left - in three quarter view - with his legs crossed; he holds a sword in his right hand and makes a commanding gesture with the left(!) forward; a soldier tears a child away from the mother by its shoulder with his left, raising the sword in his right hand; another woman touches her arm from behind; a second soldier pierces a boy with his sword.

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f. 3v (1)miniature

John the Baptist stands at Christ's right, touching his head and shoulder; Christ is seen in front view, making a blessing gesture with his right hand in front of his chest; an angel holds his clothes; fishes in the river.

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f. 3v (2)miniature

Christ, seen frontally, making a speaking gesture with his right hand in front of his chest and holding his left arm sidewards with the palm in front view, and Mary with her right hand in front of her chest, are seated behind a table; to their right: the bridegroom, who makes a speaking gesture with his right hand in front of his chest, while touching a bread-roll(?) on the table with his left; and the bride, who also touches a bread-roll(?), while holding her other hand in front of her with the palm in front view; four apostles behind this group, two of which bend their hand to their head; a man pours water out of a large bowl into one of six jars standing in front of the table.

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f. 4r (1)miniature

in a mandorla: Christ, with his hands stretched sidewards with the palms in front view, and the Father, represented as a head with two scrolls fixed to it; to Christ's right: Moses - with horns and the Tables of the Law in his covered left hand; to Christ's left: Elijah, with averted body, a covered left hand and his right hand in front of his chest, looking back to the right; rays of light go down from Christ to Peter, James and John who all lie face down; Peter turns up his head to his right and holds a scroll; James has covered his hands.

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f. 4r (2)miniature

Christ, holding a scroll in his left, stretches his right hand forward in a speaking gesture to Lazarus, who sits in a sarcophagus, completely wrapped in a shroud, and who is supported by a man with a Jew-hat, who has bent his hand to his head; two men stand behind him, one of whom points at Christ with his left hand forward; behind Christ: Mary and Martha, the first wringing her hands, the other with her hand against her head.

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f. 4v (1)miniature

Christ, holding a scroll in his left, makes a speaking gesture to his right with his right hand forward, to Simon the Pharisee, who makes a speaking gesture with his right hand in front of his chest and points at his forehead with his left middle finger; a woman lies face downwards in front of the table, wiping Christ's foot with her hair; the apostles make various gestures: two are touching rolls of bread(?), two are holding drinking cups; Peter points at his face, holding a key in his left hand.

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f. 4v (2)miniature

a man in a tower throws down his clothes in front of Christ, who rides on the ass, from left to right, making a blessing gesture with his right hand forward, holding a open book with his left hand; the apostles follow him, one of them holding a book; Peter holds a key.

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f. 5r (1)miniature

Christ, seated(?) behind a rectangular table, in between the apostles, puts a piece of bread into the mouth of Judas Iscariot, who is falling to his knees - alone in front of the table - with his arms stretched forward, palm towards each other, thereby revealing Judas as the betrayer - a small devil is entering Judas' mouth with the bread - ; John leans against Christ's chest, resting his head in his left hand; the apostles make various gestures: Paul(?) touches a fish with his right hand forward; Peter, tonsured, touches a bowl with his left hand and makes a speaking gesture with his right hand in front of his chest, like some of the others; one is holding a piece of bread; rolls of bread(?) on the table.

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f. 5r (2)miniature

Christ, with a towel hanging down form his girdle, stretches his hands down to the foot of Peter, who holds it above a laver; Peter stretches his left hand forward and touches his forehead with his right; he seems to sit on the lap of Paul(?); two other apostles are seated on the bench, next to Peter: one holds a closed scroll, the other (John?) wipes his foot.

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f. 5v (1)miniature

accompanied by dark-faced soldiers with torches, lanterns and weapons, Judas kisses Christ, while standing behind him and putting his right hand on Christ's left shoulder: Christ turns his head back to his right, making a blessing gesture with his right hand in front of his chest, holding a book in his left; Peter cuts off the ear of Malchus, while making a speaking gesture with his left hand in front of his chest; Malchus also makes a gesture of speech with his right hand forward; a dark-faced crowd.

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f. 5v (2)miniature

Peter, holding his left hand down, makes a speaking gesture to the girlservant, who points accusingly at his face with her right hand forward; they are standing behind a fire; the cock on a column behind them.

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f. 5v (3)miniature

Christ is blindfolded and holds his right hand forward in a gesture of speech(?); a dark-faced soldier behind him, seizes his right arm with his left and slaps him in the face with his right hand; Caiaphas and Annas are seated together on a bench; one of them holding both hands forward, making a gesture of speech with his right, while the other one points back at him with his right hand forward; two men with dark faces, in between Christ and Caiaphas and Annas, make gestures of speech, with their right hand forward, the foremost turning his head back to his right, looking at Christ (false witnesses?).

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f. 6r (1)miniature

two men flog Christ, tied to a column with bare torso, while standing behind it, but with his crossed hands tied together in front of it; Christ's body is covered with wounds inflicted by the scourging.

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f. 6r (2)miniature

Judas, walking away from the Sanhedrin, holds his right hand down, dropping the money behind him, and raises his covered left hand; members of the Sanhedrin make gestures of speech with their hand forward; one of them turns his head to his right.

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f. 6r (3)miniature

Judas hanging, from a tree, holding the rope with both hands raised.

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f. 6v (1)miniature

Longinus rubbing his eye with his right hand; Christ is nailed to the cross with three nails and with his legs crossed; Mary holding a book in her right hand and John holding his left hand forward, are standing under the cross.

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f. 6v (2)miniature

Nicodemus and Joseph of Arimathea take down Christ from the cross; one of them pulls the nail from Christ foot with a pair of tongs; the other one supports the body of Christ, sinking to its right side, putting both arms, covered with a cloth, around it; both of Christ's arms, stretched forward, rest on Mary's shoulders, while she holds his left arm with both hands raised; John with a book in his covered hands.

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f. 7r (1)miniature

the angel, pointing down at the empty tomb with his right hand forward, addresses the holy women, carrying ointment-jars; the foremost of them with a covered hand; one of the others holds her right hand in front of her chest with the index finger upwards; the shroud is lying in the sarcophagus; three sleeping soldiers in front of the tomb.

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f. 7r (2)miniature

Christ, holding a cross with banner in his right hand, liberates persons from hell, represented as a monster holding people in his claws and one man, stretching his arms forward, in its mouth; hell's entrance is a monstrous mouth; among the liberated are Adam and Eve, who hold each other's hand; a broken door in front of Christ.

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f. 7v (1)miniature

Cleopas and Peter, both holding a scroll, look upwards at Christ, vanishing into heaven: only his feet remain visible; the disciples both are raising their other hand, one pointing upwards, the other with the palm in front view; curtains.

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f. 7v (2)miniature

with his left hand covered, Thomas touches with his right hand the wound in Christ's side, which Christ shows him by pulling up his shirt; one of the apostles makes a speaking gesture with his right hand in front of his chest.

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Scene order key05_030; NOT 73E364; 11D3; 11H(PETER); 11H(THOMAS); 11I35; 11I36; 31A2512(+934); 31A2516(+933); 31A25161(+9321); 31A26212; 31A2747; 31AA2512; 31AA2516(+933); 41D2; 41D2251
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f. 8r (1)miniature

Christ is almost vanished: only his feet are visible in a cloud; the apostles make various gestures: Peter, raises his left hand with the palm in front view; another apostle bends his left hand to his head, pointing at his eyes; two men in white clothes, flanking the group of apostles, raise a hand, pointing upwards; an apostle supports the arm of one of them.

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Scene order key05_031
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f. 8r (2)miniature

the Holy Ghost descends from a cloud upon the apostles, who make various gestures: some make a gesture of speech with a hand stretched forward or in front of the chest, some are holding a closed scroll or a book; Peter and Paul are seated at the centre of the group: Peter, holds his right hand in front of his chest, Paul raises his right with the palm in front view.

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Scene order key05_032
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f. 8v (1)miniature

`Majestas Domini': Christ enthroned, holding a book in his left and making a blessing gesture with his right hand in front of his chest, within a mandorla, surrounded by four medaillons with the symbols of the evangelists, holding a book or a scroll.

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Scene order key05_033
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