Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Breviary
Italy, Bologna, ca. 1315-1325
MS M.0373 fol. 109r

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Initial D decorated with foliage, enclosing bust of man. Text is collect in first Vespers, for the Octave of Christmas. Initial P decorated with foliage, enclosing profile bust of man wearing hood. Text is first lesson in first nocturn of Matins for the Octave of Christmas. Margins decorated with floreate ornament and gold balls. Back-turned, tonsured monk wearing pink habit in center margin. Pen-flourished initials.