Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Egmont breviary
Netherlands, Utrecht, ca. 1440
MS M.87 fol. 364v

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Initial D enclosing half figure of Christ, cross-nimbed, with right hand raised in blessing at beginning of Collect for Feast of Martinianus of Rome (07.02). Initial D enclosing head for Collect "Deus qui nos sanctorum tuorum pressi et martiniani confessionibus ..." Margins decorated on three sides with scrolling floreate and foliate decoration, including strawberries.