Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

De re rustica
Italy, probably Milan, 1469
MS M.139 fol. 5r

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Columella: Text, De Re Rustica, Book I -- Man, seated astride horse with ornate trappings, rides from gate of city or house into landscape with trees and hills. Scene in medallion in lower margin.
Margins and initial with bianchi girari (white vine) ornament.