Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Breviary
Italy, probably Taranto, 1350-1400
MS M.200 fol. 362v

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Woman, nimbed, standing behind initial I, grasping it with both hands. Floreate ornament descending from the initial to lower margin. Text is first lesson in first nocturn for Matins on 9.16, feast of Euphemia of Chalcedon, Lucy of Rome and Gemianus of Rome.