Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Breviary
Italy, probably Taranto, 1350-1400
MS M.200 fol. 268r

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Half-figure of Augustine of Hippo, wearing miter and vestments, raising right hand in blessing, holding book with left hand, enclosed in initial S. Text is first lesson, in first nocturn for Matins on 2.2., feast of the Purification of the Virgin.