Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Breviary
Italy, Bologna, ca. 1315-1325
MS M.0373 fol. 232r

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Within initial C, bust of man wearing cap, looking upward toward vase in upper margin; man wearing diadem (crown), standing on stone in left margin, indicates with right hand, and extends left hand toward, the vase. Margins decorated with foliate ornament and gold balls. Pen flourished initials. Text is first lesson, first nocturn for Matins on 12.21, feast of Apostle Thomas.