Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Breviary
Italy, Bologna, ca. 1315-1325
MS M.0373 fol. 136r

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Bust of man raising left hand, looking toward left, enclosed in initial R decorated with foliate ornament. Margins decorated with foliate ornament and gold balls; man standing in center margin, left hand to face, looking toward text of seventh lesson. Pen flourished initials. Text is seventh lesson, third nocturn for Matins on Quinquagesima Sunday.