Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

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

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Malachi: Calling -- Malachi, holding hat with both hands, looks up toward half-figure of God, crossed nimbus, crowned, raising right hand, holding globe with left hand, emerging from cloud. Margins decorated with border of floreate ornament including daisy, cornflower, and bladder cherry, and inhabited by bird and fantastic animal. Text is first lesson in first nocturn for Matins on Saturday following the fifth Sunday in November.