Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Breviary
Italy, Bologna, ca. 1315-1325
MS M.0373 fol. 229r

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Half-figure of monk, tonsured, enclosed in initial N decorated with foliate ornament; extending arms out into center margin, holding rosary (?) with both hands. Margins decorated with foliate ornament and gold balls; man in center margin, standing, head inclined. Pen flourished initials. Text is first lesson, first nocturn for Matins on 12.06, feast of Nicholas of Myra