Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Breviary
Italy, Bologna, ca. 1315-1325
MS M.0373 fol. 132r

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Bust of man, three-quarter view, enclosed in initial D decorated with foliate ornament. Text is first lesson of first nocturn for Matins on Monday in Septuagesima season. Bust of man looking upward enclosed in initial D decorated with foliate ornament. Text is first lesson of first nocturn for Matins on Tuesday in Septuagesima season. Margins decorated with floreate ornament and gold balls. In center margin, man wearing soft hat over cap, arms not visible, looks toward upper initial D; in lower margin, man wearing cap, holding scroll with pseudo-inscription is seated on pillow, looking toward text of versicle. Pen flourished initials. Text is