Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Breviary
Italy, Bologna, ca. 1315-1325
MS M.0373 fol. 153r

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Bust of back-turned cleric, tonsured, wearing gray habit, enclosed in initial H decorated with foliate ornament, his left hand extended into center margin, grasping stem of foliage. Margins decorated with foliate ornament and gold balls. Pen flourished initials. Text is first lesson, first nocturn for Matins on fourth Sunday of Lent.