Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Breviary
Italy, Bologna, ca. 1315-1325
MS M.0373 fol. 291r

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Initial Q, decorated with foliate ornament, enclosing profile bust of man looking up toward man in left margin, left hand on breast, indicating text of psalm with right hand. Margins decorated with foliate ornament, knots and gold balls. Pen flourished initials. Text is first lesson, first nocturn for Matins for the Common of a Martyr.