Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Breviary
Italy, Bologna, ca. 1315-1325
MS M.0373 fol. 44v

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Initial D enclosing bust of man or soldier, wearing cap under hat or helmet. Margins decorated with foliate ornament with gold balls, and inhabited by king (?), crowned, extending right hand, holding at left side, small round shield (buckler), seated in lower margin. Text is Psalm 116 (Vulg., 114).