Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Praeparatio ad missam pontificalem
Italy, Ferrara, ca. 1485
MS M.279 fol. 26r

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Initial E enclosing putto, playing lute, seated on cross bar of the initial, decorated with foliate ornament. In upper margin, back-turned man wearing hat (?), left hand on side, right hand indicating downward, standing on curl of leaf. Initial H enclosing foliate ornament.