Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Breviary
Italy, Bologna, ca. 1315-1325
MS M.0373 fol. 174v

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Half-figure of woman enclosed in initial M, looking left, and extending left arm to man, wearing hat and fur-lined garment, standing in center margin looking down at her. Margins decorated with foliate ornament and gold balls. Pen flourished initials. Text is first lesson, first nocturn for Matins on Thursday in Easter Week.