Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Il filostrato
Italy, Naples, 1414
MS M.0371 fol. 005r

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Initial A decorated with foliate ornament on punched gold background. Legend, Troilus and Cressida: Calchas fleeing from Troy -- Calchas, tonsured (?), raising right hand, stands amid plants, with buildings of Troy in background. Margins decorated with floreate ornament, on frame enclosing text and miniature.