Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Breviary
Italy, Bologna, ca. 1315-1325
MS M.0373 fol. 23v

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Within initial D, half-figure of fool, head shaved (?), holding club with right hand, indicating text with left hand. Center margin decorated with foliate ornament with gold balls, and inhabited by elongated man or woman wearing fillet (crown). Text is Psalm 53 (Vulg., 52).