Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Breviary
Italy, Bologna, ca. 1315-1325
MS M.0373 fol. 147r

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Bust of monk, tonsured, enclosed in initial A decorated with foliate ornament. Margins decorated with floreate ornament and gold balls; in lower right margin, man wearing soft hat, resting both hands on book next to rubric of first lesson. Pen flourished initials. Text is first lesson, first nocturn for Matins on Thursday in second week of Lent.