Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Breviary
Italy, Bologna, ca. 1315-1325
MS M.0373 fol. 129r

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Profile bust of man in initial P. Margins decorated with floreate ornament and gold balls, and inhabited by man standing in center margin, indicating text or initial with raised left hand. Pen flourished initials. Text is first lesson, first nocturn, for Matins on fifth Sunday in Epiphany season.