Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Breviary
Italy, Bologna, ca. 1315-1325
MS M.0373 fol. 140r

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Bust of male saint, nimbed, touching with right hand, book held with draped left hand, enclosed in initial D, decorated with foliate ornament. Margins decorated with floreate ornament, knots and gold balls; man, wearing tall headdress, standing in upper left margin, facing, and indicating with right hand, opposite page. Pen flourished initials. Text is seventh lesson of third nocturn, for Matins on first Sunday in Lent.