Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Breviary
Italy, probably Taranto, 1350-1400
MS M.200 fol. 414r

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Maximus of Turin as half figure, wearing miter and chasuble, raising right hand in blessing, holding book with left hand within initial N decorated with foliate ornament extending downward to lower margin. Text is first lesson, first nocturn from Matins, Common of Saints, Several Martyrs.