Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Breviary
Italy, probably Taranto, 1350-1400
MS M.200 fol. 280v

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Apostles Philip and James Minor as half-figures, nimbed, one raising right hand and holding book with left hand, the other raising left hand. Figures in initial D decorated with foliate ornament extending into center margin. Text is collect in first Vespers on 5.1, feast of Apostles Philip and James Minor. Apostles Philip and James Minor, nimbed, one gesturing with right hand, the other raising right hand and holding book with left hand, in initial C decorated with foliate ornament extending into center margin. Text is first lesson in first nocturn for Matins on 5.1, feast of Apostles Philip and James Minor.