Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Breviary
France, ca. 1511
MS M. 8 fol. 178r

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Miniature, upper: Zephaniah: Calling -- Zephaniah as half-figure, gesturing with both hands, looks up toward half-figure of God, crossed nimbus, crowned, raising right hand, holding globe with left hand, emerging from cloud. Text is first lesson in first nocturn for Matins on Wednesday following the fifth Sunday in November. Miniature, center: Haggai: reproving Zerubbabel and Jeshua -- Zerubbabel or Jeshua, wearing armor, raising right hand, facing Haggai, wearing hat, gesturing with right hand. Text is first lesson in first nocturn for Matins on Thursday following the fifth Sunday in November. Miniature, lower: Zechariah: Prophecy -- Zechariah, wearing soft hat, gesturing with right hand, looks toward four (?) men, three wearing hats, the foremost wearing knotted sash at waist, gesturing with both hands. Text is first lesson in first nocturn for Matins on Friday following the fifth Sunday in November. Margins decorated with border of floreate ornament including daisy, campanula, grapes, bladder cherry and cornflower, and inhabited by bird pecking tail, and hybrid wild man.