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Breviary
Italy, Bologna, ca. 1315-1325
MS M.0373 fol. 164r

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Three-quarter view of bust of man enclosed in initial A decorated with foliate ornament. Margins decorated with foliate ornament and gold balls; in left margin, bishop, wearing miter, holding crozier with right hand and book with gloved left hand, standing next to initial beginning antiphon. Pen flourished initials. Text is first lesson, first nocturn for Matins on Tuesday in second week of Passion season (Holy Week).



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