Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Breviary
Italy, probably Taranto, 1350-1400
MS M.200 fol. 110r

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Apostle Paul as half-figure, enclosed in initial F, grasping cross bar with both hands. Text is chapter from Vespers on Saturday in third week of Quadragesima. Half-figure of man, right hand raised in blessing, holding book with left hand, enclosed in initial C. Text is collect from Vespers on Saturday in third week of Quadragesima. In initial M, Moses (?) as half-figure, grasping initial with right hand, indicating upward with left hand. Text is first lesson from first nocturn in Matins for fourth Sunday of Quadragesima. In center margin, vertical bar decorated with foliate ornament.