Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Breviary
Italy, Bologna, ca. 1315-1325
MS M.0373 fol. 179r

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Half-figure of woman, wearing fillet, raising left hand enclosed in initial E. In left margin, bishop, wearing miter, standing on pillow, looking up at the woman, right hand resting on frame of the initial. Margins decorated with foliate ornament and gold balls. Pen flourished initials. Text is first lesson, first nocturn for Matins on Monday following first Sunday after Easter.