Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Breviary
Italy, probably Taranto, 1350-1400
MS M.200 fol. 357v

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Half-figure of pope wearing triple crowned tiara, gesturing with right hand, enclosed in initial P decorated with foliate ornament. Floreate ornament in lower margin. Text is first lesson in first nocturn for Matins on 9.9, feast of Gorgonius of Nicomedia.