Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Breviary
Italy, Bologna, ca. 1315-1325
MS M.0373 fol. 256r

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Bust of bishop wearing miter, enclosed in initial H decorated with foliate ornament. Margins decorated with foliate ornament and gold balls. Pen flourished initials. Text is first lesson, first nocturn of Matins for 06.24, feast of the birth of John Baptist.