Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Breviary
Italy, probably Taranto, 1350-1400
MS M.200 fol. 372r

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Francis of Assisi, as half-figure, wearing monk’s habit, indicating with right hand book held in left hand, within initial D, decorated with foliate ornament. Floreate ornament ascends and descends in center margin from the initial. Text is collect in first Vespers for 10.4, feast of Francis of Assisi.