Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Breviary
Italy, probably Taranto, 1350-1400
MS M.200 fol. 415r

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Man as half-figure, with joined hands, within initial E Text is chapter in first Vespers, Common of Saints, Confessor Bishop. Ambrose of Milan as half-figure, wearing miter, right hand on breast, supporting book with left arm, within initial A decorated with foliate ornament extending into center and lower margins. Text is first lesson in first nocturn for Matins, Common of Saints, Confessor Bishop.