Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

De re rustica
Italy, probably Milan, 1469
MS M.139 fol. 109r

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Columella: Text, De Re Rustica, Book IX -- Dovecote, consisting of a square tower with tile roof and arched openings, enclosed in a wall with arched doorway, with birds perched on roof and flying above. Landscape with hills and trees in background. Scene in medallion in lower margin.
Margins and initial with bianchi girari (white vine) ornament.