Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Breviary
Italy, Bologna, ca. 1315-1325
MS M.0373 fol. 277r

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Half-figure of bishop, wearing miter, looking toward text, enclosed in initial T. Margins decorated with foliate ornament, knots, and gold balls. Pen flourished initials. Text is first lesson, first nocturn for Matins on 09.14, feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross.