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One- to 5-line illuminated initials throughout, with three-quarter illuminated borders round every text page; ten large miniatures above 6 lines of text and within full borders, showing Saint Margaret emerging from the dragon (fol. 4v, suffrage), Saint Christopher carrying the Christ Child (fol. 5v, suffrage), Saint Katherine (fol. 6v, suffrage), the Agony in the Garden (fol. 7v, Matins), the Arrest of Christ (fol. 8r,Lauds), Adam and Eve beside the Tree of Knowledge with the Crucifixion in its branches (fol. 19r, prayers to the image of Christ), the Last Judgement (fol. 26r, Penitential Psalms), a funeral service (fol. 40r, Office of the Dead), Christ as the Man of Sorrows (fol. 41r, Psalms of the Passion) and Saint Jerome taking a thorn out of the lion’s foot (fol. 42v, Psalter of Saint Jerome). The image on f. 19r combines the Crucifix incongruously in the branches of the Tree of Knowledge, with Christ gazing down on Adam as he bites the apple, showing both elements of devotions to the wounds of Christ and the Fall of Man. It is an unusual visual link between the Fall and Redemption of mankind.Rubrics in red
