Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Egmont breviary
Netherlands, Utrecht, ca. 1440
MS M.87 fol. 220r

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Initial F enclosing half figure of man, wearing ermine-trimmed garment, gesturing; against patterned background. Decorated initial of Matins for First Lesson of the Second Sunday after Octave of Easter from Acts of the Apostles 19:23. Initial D enclosing head of man, wearing hat. Margins decorated on three sides with scrolling floreate and foliate decoration, including strawberries.