Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Breviary
Italy, probably Taranto, 1350-1400
MS M.200 fol. 272r

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Apostle Peter, as half-figure, nimbed, right hand on breast, holding book with left hand enclosed in initial P decorated with foliate ornament extending into left margin. Text is first lesson in first nocturn for Matins on 2.22, feast of Apostle Peter, Chair at Antioch.