Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Breviary
Italy, Bologna, ca. 1315-1325
MS M.0373 fol. 15r

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Within initial D, bust of man indicating mouth with right hand. Margins decorated with foliate ornament with gold balls, and inhabited by bald man grasping foliage with raised hands. Pen flourished initial. Text is beginning of Psalm 27 (Vulg., Psalm 26).