The Pontifical of Renaud de Bar
Office for Holding a Synod
Texts and Images
A single unfinished miniature, showing a bishop in procession, illustrates this section. The original drawing was coloured by a later hand. From this page to the end of the manuscript, the large miniatures and historiated initials were left incomplete.
Bishop processing from the vestry to the synod (Office for holding a synod)
The Master of the Cambridge Pontifical of Renaud de Bar designed this page, but left it unfinished. It includes a historiated initial O depicting a standing bishop, and a bas-de-page scene of men playing a game. The decoration, sketched by the Master, was painted carelessly at a later date with pigments that differ considerably from those used in the rest of the manuscript.