| Prayerbook dated 1478 (asindicated on f 212r) with Easter devotions in Latin. Contains 133 miniatures and historiated initials. A standing figure of a nimbed Bernard in a white cowl and carrying a book and a crozier is identified by 's.bernard.' next to his halo. A scroll reads: 'Hec principalis dies hec primam...'. On the facing page (f 61r) is a similar figure of St Benedict, identified by 's.benedictus', also nimbed and carrying a crozier and a book, but in a brown cowl. His scroll reads: 'A sancto Pascha usque Pentecostam sine intermissione dicatur ""Alleluia""', taken from the Rule, Chapter15. Both saints are illustrated elsewhere inthe manuscript on f 5v & 6r. |
