Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Breviary
Italy, Bologna, ca. 1315-1325
MS M.0373 fol. 259r

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Bust of woman wearing headdress of knotted cord, enclosed in initial C, extending right arm into left margin, supporting stone and man standing on the stone. Margins decorated with foliate ornament and gold balls. Pen flourished initials. Text is first lesson, first nocturn for Matins on 6.29, feast of Apostles Peter and Paul.