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Breviary
Italy, Bologna, ca. 1315-1325
MS M.0373 fol. 289r

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Half-figure of saint, nimbed, right hand raised, holding up-turned sword with left hand, enclosed in initial F decorated with foliate ornament. Margins decorated with foliate ornament and gold balls; in left margin, woman (?) standing on rock looking toward the initial F. Pen flourished initials. Text is chapter from Vespers for the Common of the Apostles.



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