Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Breviary
Italy, Bologna, ca. 1315-1325
MS M.0373 fol. 49v

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Initial N enclosing half-figure of man indicating text with right hand, holding book with left hand. Margins decorated with foliate ornament, gold balls, and inhabited by man wearing soft hat and black garment, possibly scholar, grasping with left hand, stem of leaf, standing in left margin. Pen-flourished initials. Text is Psalm 127 (Vulg., 126).