Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Breviary
Italy, Bologna, ca. 1315-1325
MS M.0373 fol. 211r

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Bust of bishop, wearing miter and chasuble, enclosed in initial M. Margins decorated with foliate ornament and gold balls; at top of center margin, hybrid animal with human body. Pen flourished initials. Text is seventh lesson, third nocturn for Matins on eleventh Sunday after Pentecost.