Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Fiore di virtù and other moralizing verse
Italy, possibly in Perugia, between 1450 and 1499
MS M.770 fol. 3v

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Within right column is checkered band with fleur-de-lis ornament surrounding the word AMOR.
Initial D of Della enclosing head of bearded man.
Margins and initials decorated with foliate ornament.
Illustrations for Natural (Brotherly) Love in the Fiore di Virtù, Chapter VI.