Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Breviary
Italy, Bologna, ca. 1315-1325
MS M.0373 fol. 145r

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Bust of man enclosed in initial M decorated with foliate ornament. Margins decorated with floreate ornament and gold balls; in left margin, man, grasping drapery with raised left hand. Pen flourished initials. Text is seventh lesson, third nocturn for Matins on second Sunday of Lent.