Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Breviary
Italy, Bologna, ca. 1315-1325
MS M.0373 fol. 244r

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Bust of man wearing hat on cap, enclosed in initial E, looking toward left margin and woman, wearing diadem (crown), arms crossed, kneeling, looking towards him. Margins decorated with foliate ornament and gold balls. Pen flourished initials. Text is first lesson, first nocturn for Matins on 2.22, Feast of the Chair of Apostle Peter at Antioch.