Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Breviary
Italy, probably Taranto, 1350-1400
MS M.200 fol. 238v

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Nahum, as half-figure, looking upward, grasping scroll with right hand, indicating text with left hand, enclosed in initial O. Vining floreate ornament in left margin. Habakkuk, as half-figure, holding book with right hand, indicating upward with left hand, within initial O, decorated with foliate ornament extending into center margin. Texts are lessons from Matins in fourth week of November.