Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Breviary
Italy, probably Taranto, 1350-1400
MS M.200 fol. 123v

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Apostle Paul, holding sword with right hand, looking at open book on draped left hand (reading), enclosed in initial F decorated with foliate ornament. Text is chapter for Vespers on Saturday in Passion week. Prophet as half-figure, indicating downward with right hand and grasping blank scroll with left hand, within initial O. Text is collect for Vespers on Saturday in Passion week. Border of rectilinear frame decorated with foliate ornament, enclosing text.