Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Breviary
Italy, probably Taranto, 1350-1400
MS M.200 fol. 250v

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God, as half-figure, crossed nimbus, right hand raised in blessing, within initial D decorated with foliate ornament extending into left margin. Text is collect for first Vespers on 12.8, feast of Immaculate Conception. Half-figure of Anselmus of Canterbury, as bishop, wearing miter, raising right hand in blessing, holding book with left hand, within initial A, decorated with foliate ornament extending into center margin. Text is first lesson in first nocturn for Matins on 12.8, feast of Immaculate Conception.