Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Breviary
Italy, Bologna, ca. 1315-1325
MS M.0373 fol. 119r

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Initial P enclosing bust of tonsured monk wearing gray habit. Margins decorated with foliate ornament and gold balls. In left margin, near gutter, man, standing and indicating with left hand, text of first lesson. Text is first lesson of first nocturn for Matins on the second Sunday after Epiphany.