Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Breviary
Italy, Bologna, ca. 1315-1325
MS M.0373 fol. 198v

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Initial E enclosing bust of bishop wearing miter, left hand extended into center margin, grasping foliage. Bishop looking up toward tonsured cleric wearing pink habit, in center margin, looking up at over-turned vessel held in raised left hand. Margins decorated with foliate ornament, knots and gold balls. Pen flourished initials. Text is first lesson, first nocturn for Matins on Monday following Pentecost.