Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Breviary
Italy, Bologna, ca. 1315-1325
MS M.0373 fol. 116v

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Initial Q enclosing bust of tonsured monk wearing green habit. Text is the first lesson in the first nocturn for Matins on 1.11, the sixth day in the Octave of Epiphany. Initial A enclosing bust of man, crowned, right hand on breast. Text is the first lesson, in the first nocturn for Matins on 1.12, the seventh day in the Octave of Epiphany. Margins decorated with foliate ornament with knots and gold balls. Pen-flourished initials.