Description: At the beginning of Purgatorio's prologue (leaf aa1r), illuminated initial in gold on blue and red ground, decorated with fine floral motifs in white and three golden pears, an armorial symbol associated with the Florentine Peruzzi family.
Source:
Dante Alighieri, La Commedia (Comm: Christophorus Landinus). Add: Marsilius Ficinus: Ad Dantem gratulatio [Latin & Italian]
, Florence Nicolaus Laurentii, Alamanus 30 Aug. 1481
Place of use: Firenze
Century:
15th
Type: Decoration
Technique: Illumination
Last Edited: 2018/06/05 00:00:00
Uploaded by:Camilla Marangoni
