Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Libro degli uomini famosi
Italy, Venice, ca. 1405
MS G.36 fol. 123v

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Petrarch: Text, De Viris Illustribus, Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus -- Pompey, wearing armor and helmet, stands in sailing ship, all in decorated initial Q with marginal extenders.
Margin with foliate ornament, inhabited by bird.