Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Egmont breviary
Netherlands, Utrecht, ca. 1440
MS M.87 fol. 394r

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Initial F enclosing half figure of man, wearing conical hat, at beginning of Chapter for Feast of Archangel Michael (09.29). Initial A enclosing half figure of Gregory the Great, wearing miter and vestments fastened with morse, at beginning of First Lesson for Feast of Archangel Michael (09.29). Margins decorated on three sides with scrolling floreate and foliate decoration, including strawberry, inhabited by half figures of two angels, one gesturing and one with joined hands raised, emerging from clouds (right).