Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Breviary
Italy, probably Taranto, 1350-1400
MS M.200 fol. 353r

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Anna (?), veiled, holding open book within initial A. Text is chapter in first Vespers on 9.8, feast of Virgin Mary, Birth. Anna, veiled, holding, with both hands, swaddled infant Virgin Mary within initial O, decorated with foliate ornament extending into center margin. Text is first lesson, in first nocturn, for Matins on 9.8, feast of Virgin Mary, Birth.