Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Breviary
Italy, Bologna, ca. 1315-1325
MS M.0373 fol. 182r

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Enclosed in initial E, half-figure of cleric, tonsured, right hand indicating text at right Margins decorated with foliate ornament and gold balls; in lower margin, stag (deer) standing on foliage, mouth open over plants among the foliage. Pen flourished initials. Text is first lesson, first nocturn for Matins on Wednesday following second Sunday after Easter.