Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Breviary
Italy, Bologna, ca. 1315-1325
MS M.0373 fol. 141v

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Bust of pope, wearing tiara, enclosed in initial C. Margins decorated with floreate ornament and gold balls; in left margin, back-turned man wearing short garment, holding mallet (?), standing next to the initial. Pen flourished initials. Text is first lesson, first nocturn for Matins, Monday in first week of Lent.