Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Breviary
Italy, Bologna, ca. 1315-1325
MS M.0373 fol. 177r

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Bust of woman (?), wearing head ornament, enclosed in initial A. Margins decorated with foliate ornament and gold balls; man wearing knotted headgear and garment with tall neck, standing in left margin next to the initial, facing gutter. Pen flourished initials. Text is first lesson, first nocturn for Matins on Sunday after Easter (Low Sunday; Octave).