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Full page: framed text with historiated initial 'E': Way to Calvary (Luke 23, 26). Christ bears the cross on his shoulder, supported by Simon of Cyrene. A soldier pulls Christ on a rope bound to his body.
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Full page: framed text with historiated initial 'E': Way to Calvary (Luke 23, 26...

Full page: framed text with historiated initial 'U': Noli me tangere (not in Luke; cf. Mark 16, 9 and John 20, 14-18). The kneeling Mary Magdalene holds the ointment up to the banner-bearing Christ, who turns to her.
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Full page: framed text with historiated initial 'U': Noli me tangere (not in Luk...

Full page: framed decorative page with initial 'I' at the beginning of the Gospel of St John. The letter is filled with five vertically disposed prophets holding scrolls or books; the background has medallions with flowering vines.
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Full page: framed text with historiated initial 'E': Wedding at Cana (John 2, 6-7). Six giant jugs occupy the lower half of the picture ("... Nearby stood six stone water jars..."). Christ gives instructions to the three men on the right while pointing to the jugs.
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Full page: framed text with historiated initial 'E': Wedding at Cana (John 2, 6-...

Full page: framed text with historiated initial 'E': Nicodemus visits Christ (John 3, 1-21). The bearded Nicodemus and Christ engage in lively discussion; behind Christ are two apostles.
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Full page: framed text with historiated initial 'E': Nicodemus visits Christ (Jo...

Full page: framed text with historiated initial 'U': Christ and the Samaritan woman at the well (John 4, 4-9). Christ sits on the large round well with his back to us. He turns to the Samaritan woman, who holds a jug and a long rope.
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Full page: framed text with historiated initial 'P': Christ Heals the Invalid at the Pool of Bethesda (John 5, 1-8). Christ leans forward to bless the invalid lying on the bank, who has greenish skin and raises his left hand towards Christ.
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Full page: framed text with historiated initial 'P': The Feeding of the Five Thousand (John 6, 5-15). On the right Christ blesses the fish and the bread held by Peter. In the foreground the hungry crowd sits on the rocks and eats; a woman cuts bread.
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Full page: framed text with historiated initial 'P': The Feeding of the Five Tho...

Full page: framed text with historiated initial 'E': Christ Sends Out the Twelve (Matthew 10, 1). Christ sits on raised terrain above the apostles, laying his hands on the heads of Peter and Paul.
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Full page: framed text with historiated initial 'P': Departure to the Feast of Booths (John 7, 1-13). Christ walking with an apostle (Peter) and several men.
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Full page: framed text with historiated initial 'P': Departure to the Feast of B...

Full page: framed text with historiated initial 'I': Christ and the Woman Caught in Adultery (John 8, 3-5). Christ sits to the left of the initial with an apostle behind him; the woman caught in adultery is brought in from the right. A Pharisee addresses Christ, pointing at the woman.
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Full page: framed text with historiated initial 'E': Christ Heals a Man Born Blind (John 9, 6). Accompanied by two apostles, Christ rubs mud on the eyes of the praying blind man.
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Full page: framed text with historiated initial 'E': Christ Heals a Man Born Bli...