Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Epistolae
Italy, possibly Ferrara, 1475
M.477 fol. 1r

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Half-figure of Jerome, nimbed and tonsured, holding book with both hands, enclosed within initial N on blue background with gold vine scroll.
Margins decorated with border of floreate ornament inhabited by putti, birds including wren or lark, two busts of men wearing hats, bust of man wearing cap. Medallion in lower margin flanked by putti.