Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Breviary
Italy, Bologna, ca. 1315-1325
MS M.0373 fol. 115v

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Initial H enclosing half-figure of monk, wearing gray habit and hood, extending right hand into margin, grasping leaf. Text is from first lesson in the first nocturn of Matins for 1.7, second day in the Octave of Epiphany. Initial T enclosing head of man. Text is from first lesson in the first nocturn of Matins, for 1.8, third day in the Octave of Epiphany. Margins decorated with foliate ornament and gold balls. Pen-flourished initials.