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Breviary
Italy, Bologna, ca. 1315-1325
MS M.0373 fol. 47v

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Initial M enclosing half-figure of nun (?) partially effaced, veiled, holding book with both hands. Center margin, decorated with foliate ornament on vertical bar with knots; gold balls; inhabited by back-turned man, raising right hand. Pen-flourished initials. Text is Psalm 119:129 (Vulg., 118:129).



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