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Lectionary
Italy, Padua, 1436
MS M.180 fol. 104r

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Two soldiers, wearing armor, with sword sheaths at waists, embrace, swords at their feet. Angel, nimbed, hovers above them, one hand on each head. Rays descend from top of miniature.
Scene in landscape with trees and rocky outcrops, framed on three sides with chain.
Beginning of Gospel reading from Mass for peace.



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