MICROSCOPIC ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT]. Illuminated manuscript on vellum. Italian (?), January 1671.
MICROSCOPIC ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT]. Illuminated manuscript on vellum. Italian (?), January 1671. 124 mm (across). Red, gold and blue ink on vellum (mounted on paper). The texts are written around concentric circles. Scalloped borders of gold surround ten of the circles. This manuscript was designed for presentation to the emperor Leopold in 1671. It contains a variety of verse and prose matter in Latin and Italian, including a sonnet of Iacopone da Todi. The date appears in one of the small circles, but we cannot locate the scibe's name.
MICROSCOPIC ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT]. Illuminated manuscript on vellum. Italian (?), January 1671.
MICROSCOPIC ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT]. Illuminated manuscript on vellum. Italian (?), January 1671. 124 mm (across). Red, gold and blue ink on vellum (mounted on paper). The texts are written around concentric circles. Scalloped borders of gold surround ten of the circles. This manuscript was designed for presentation to the emperor Leopold in 1671. It contains a variety of verse and prose matter in Latin and Italian, including a sonnet of Iacopone da Todi. The date appears in one of the small circles, but we cannot locate the scibe's name.
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