Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Breviary
Italy, Bologna, ca. 1315-1325
MS M.0373 fol. 180r

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Bust of man wearing hood enclosed in initial U decorated with foliate ornament. Margins decorated with foliate ornament and gold balls; in upper margin, cleric, tonsured, reclining on side, resting head on right hand looking down at first lesson. Pen flourished initials. Text is first lesson, first nocturn for Matins on Thursday following first Sunday after Easter.