Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Breviary
Italy, Bologna, ca. 1315-1325
MS M.0373 fol. 264r

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Man, indicating downward with right hand, left hand on breast, standing before initial I, stepping onto pillow with right foot. Margins decorated with foliate ornament and gold balls; in left margin, man, standing with both hands raised to versicle following first lesson. Pen flourished initials. Text is first lesson, first nocturn for Matins on 7.23, feast of Apollinaris of Ravenna.