Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Breviary
Italy, Bologna, ca. 1315-1325
MS M.0373 fol. 143r

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Profile view of head of man, looking upward in lower loop of initial S. Physician (?) in left margin, wearing soft hat over cap, fur collar, indicates, with left hand, nose on head in the initial. Margins decorated with floreate ornament and gold balls. Pen flourished initials. Text is first lesson, first nocturn for Matins on Thursday in first week of Lent.