Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Breviary
Italy, Bologna, ca. 1315-1325
MS M.0373 fol. 154r

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Head of bishop, wearing miter, enclosed in initial D, decorated with foliate ornament. Margins decorated with foliate ornament and gold balls; in left margin near gutter, woman, right hand indicating upward. Pen flourished initials. Text is seventh lesson, third nocturn, for Matins on fourth Sunday in Lent.