Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Breviary
Italy, Bologna, ca. 1315-1325
MS M.0373 fol. 133v

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Half-figure of monk, tonsured, wearing pink habit, extending right hand outside of initial L into open beak of hybrid bird with human body standing on stone in center margin. Margins decorated with floreate ornament, knots and gold balls. Pen flourished initials. Text is seventh lesson in third nocturn of Matins for Sexagesima Sunday.