Add MS 24686, ff 2r-4v

Prefatory miniatures were gathered together and probably added to the manuscript for Elizabeth de Bohun between 1302 and 1316. They include:

• 3 full-page miniatures of saints, each in 4 compartments, with the saints' names inscribed above the upper compartments, or in scrolls in the lower margins (ff. 2v-3r): Andrew, Lawrence, Peter, Martin (f. 2r); Anne and the Virgin Mary, Catherine, Margaret, Barbara (f. 2v); Lucy, Mary Margaret, Helena, Radegunda (f. 3r); early 14th century according to Sandler (1986);
• 3 full-page miniatures, each in 6 compartments, containing small miniatures (excised from a late 13th-century manuscript, according to Sandler, 1986) pasted down against decorated grounds (early 14th century): Entry into Jerusalem; Last Supper; Washing of the Feet; Agony in the Garden; Betrayal of Christ; Christ before Caiaphas (f. 3v); Christ before Herod; Blindfolding of Christ; Christ before Pilate; Flagellation; Christ bearing the Cross; Crucifixion (f. 4r); Deposition; Entombment; Descent into Limbo; Resurrection; Holy women at the Tomb; ‘Noli me tangere’ (f. 4v). The decorated ground on f. 4r includes the arms of the Bohun family.