Da Costa hours
Illuminated by Simon Bening (1483/84–1561)
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837–1913), 1910
The initial I beginning the Gospel Sequence of Matthew is decorated with foliate ornament.
The border around the text is decorated with grapevine.
Image courtesy of Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt, Graz/Austria.