Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Breviary
Italy, probably Taranto, 1350-1400
MS M.200 fol. 274v

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Benedict of Montecassino, as half-figure, wearing monk’s habit, holding book with right hand, raising left hand, within initial F, decorated with foliate ornament extending into left margin. Text is first lesson in first nocturn for Matins on 3.21, feast of Benedict of Montecassino.