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The Unicorn Rests in a Garden or The Unicorn in Captivity
1. Section of "The Unicorn Rests in a Garden" tapestry featuring wild arum, orchid, and thistle.2. "The Unicorn Rests in a Garden" may have been created as a single image rather than part of a series. In this instance, the unicorn probably represents…
Marlay cutting Fr. 4 Betrayal and Arrest of Christ (Terce of the Hours of the Virgin)
1. Decoration in the margins of leaf from a Book of Hours depicting the arrest of Christ. The marginalia is of a frog amongst roses and possibly forget-me-nots.2. "Set in the Garden of Gethsemane, this miniature shows Christ, Judas, St Peter and…
Book of hours (MS M.287, fol.75r)
1. Blue and pink thistle in margins of folio of a Book of Hours featured with acanthus leaves. 2. "Virgin Mary, nimbed and veiled with wimple, holding swaddled Christ Child, nimbed, is seated sideways on bridled ass. Small ox walks next to the ass,…
Virgin Mary: Visitation-Thistle Detail (MS M.0239, fol. 028v)
1. Blue thistles and acanthus leaves in margins of a Book of Hours2. "Virgin Mary, nimbed and veiled, grasping cloak with right hand, extends left arm to Elizabeth, nimbed and veiled with wimple, extending right arm to Mary, raising left hand. They…
Hours of Pierre de Bosredont
1. Pink thistles featured in margins alongside forget-me-not flowers. 2. "Zodiac Sign: Taurus In a medallion in the right margin is a bull. The medallion is labeled TAURUS; Month, Occupation: April In a vignette in the lower margin is a man wearing a…
Book of Hours, Use of Rome (The 'Huth Hours') (MS 38126 fol. 198r)
1. Prominent pink thistles featured in the margins of a Book of Hours. 2. "A contemporary Book of Hours for Mary, Duchess of Burgundy, was in production when she was killed in a hunting accident in 1482. Her bereaved husband, Maximilian of Austria,…
Book of Hours, Use of Rome (The 'Huth Hours') (MS 38126 fol. 9v)
1. Strawberries in the marginalia of what is likely a table of contents for a Book of Hours. There are strawberries found throughout this manuscript, which is lusciously detailed.2. There are more illuminations of strawberries throughout this…
Book of Hours (MS M.282 fol. 15r)
1. Strawberries bordering an image of Evangelist Luke. Underneath the strawberries is a fantastical hybrid woman holding a sword. The page is the Evangelium secundum Lucam or The Gospel of Luke. The Gospel of Luke relates how Jesus chose the Twelve…
Bible (MS M.269 fol. 1r)
1. Strawberries and a unicorn on an illuminated Bible page, the text is Beginning of Jerome, Epistle to Paulinus. The unicorn is also often used as a symbol of purity and in some contexts a symbol of Christ.
Virgin Mary: Visitation-Strawberry Detail (MS M.0239, fol. 028v.)
1. A visitation of the Virgin Mary to Elizabeth. The strawberries bordering the image on the right are likely placed here as a representation of Mary.2. "Virgin Mary, nimbed and veiled, grasping cloak with right hand, extends left arm to Elizabeth,…
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Marlay cutting Fr. 4 Betrayal and Arrest of Christ (Terce of the Hours of the Virgin)
1. Decoration in the margins of leaf from a Book of Hours depicting the arrest of Christ. The marginalia is of a frog amongst roses and possibly…