Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Breviary
Italy, probably Taranto, 1350-1400
MS M.200 fol. 249v

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Ambrose of Milan, as half-figure, wearing miter, right arm around initial I, holding book with left hand. Floreate ornament extending from initial into left margin. Text is first lesson in first nocturn for Matins on 12.7, feast of Ambrose of Milan.