Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Breviary
Italy, Bologna, ca. 1315-1325
MS M.0373 fol. 260v

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Bust of cleric, tonsured, looking up toward man, right hand extended, holding book with left hand, standing on foliage in center margin, extending right hand to rubric for collect on previous day. Margins decorated with foliate ornament, knots and gold balls. Pen flourished initials. Text is first lesson, first nocturn for Matins on 6.30, feast of Commemoration of Apostle Paul.