Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Breviary
Italy, Bologna, ca. 1315-1325
MS M.0373 fol. 60r

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Half-figure of bishop, nimbed, wearing miter and chasuble, supporting book with left arm. Left margin decorated with foliate ornament on vertical bar with knots; gold balls; nimbed man or woman, holding book with pseudo-inscription facing out with left hand, partially visible near gutter. In lower margin, two medallions enclosing effaced decoration. Pen-flourished initial. Text is first hymn in hymnal of breviary.