Morgan Library M.361 is one more of the Italian books of hours, this one from Florence. The calendar is sparse, perhaps the least populated calendar I've seen so far, with only 118 entries. The entries are a perfect case study for localizing a calendar though. Most of the entries are the extremely common ones, Apostles, life of Mary, Jesus and John the Baptist, etc. There are 3 hapex saints, however, in early summer:
- May 25 - St. Zenobius, bishop
- June 6 - St. Alexandrus, bishop
- July 6 - St. Romulus, bishop and martyr
Of these the first is localized to Florence (Zenobius is regarded as the first bishop of Florence) and the other two to Fiesole, 5 miles from Florence proper.
(DB Id: 171)
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