Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Breviary
Italy, probably Taranto, 1350-1400
MS M.200 fol. 295r

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John Baptist, nimbed, nude body partially draped, right arm around initial I, holding scroll with left hand. Initial entwined with leafy vine; foliate ornament above and below the initial. Text is antiphon from first Vespers on 6.24, feast of Birth of John Baptist.