Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Breviary
Italy, probably Taranto, 1350-1400
MS M.200 fol. 337r

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Clara of Assisi as half-figure, nimbed and veiled with wimple, right hand on breast, wearing habit of nun. Figure in initial O decorated with foliate ornament. Text is first lesson in first nocturn for Matins on 8.12, feast of Clara of Assisi.