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St. Mary Magdalene. Commonly Mary Magdalene can be identified by her ointment jar (from when she anointed Christ's feet). Here she is shown in the wilderness; according to the Golden Legend, she spent 30 years in the wilderness as a hermit. Angels…

Hours of the Passion

The Annunciation to the Shepherds

Office of the Dead. Wake service

April. Central Text: April with Saints' Days. Border Illuminations: Zodiac sign, Taurus, the bull. Monthly Labor, Gathering flowering branches.

November. Central Text: November with Holy Days. Border Illuminations: Zodiac sign, Sagittarius, the archer. Monthly Labor, Thrashing for acorns.

St. John on Patmos with demon stealing his writing instruments. Demons often show up with malicious grins and engaged in devious activities. Here the demon tries to steal St. John's writing implements. In many cases, readers fearing the demonic…

None: Presentation in the Temple. 40 days after Christ's birth, Mary presented the child and made an offering, according to Mosaic custom. The high priest receives the child while the figure behind Mary brings the customary offering of doves.

Crucifixion. As usual, Mary and the disciple John stand in mourning. This illumination is full of narration; the centurion Longinus holds a scroll with his words upon it: vere Dei Filius erat iste “truly this was the Son of God.” Another figure…

Pentecost.