Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Breviary
Italy, Bologna, ca. 1315-1325
MS M.0373 fol. 187r

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Bust of man looking upward, wearing hair ornament, enclosed in initial S. Text is first lesson, first nocturn for Matins on Monday following fourth Sunday after Easter. Bust of cleric, tonsured, looking upward, enclosed in initial P decorated with foliate ornament. Text is first lesson, first nocturn for Matins on Tuesday following fourth Sunday after Easter. Margins decorated with foliate ornament, knots and gold balls. In left lower margin, man wearing hat and garment with high collar, grasping stem with both hands. In center lower margin, woman wearing headdress, seated, indicating downward with left hand. Pen flourished initials.