upennmanuscripts: Many of you have probably heard of the Medici’s, that illustrious Italian fa
upennmanuscripts:Many of you have probably heard of the Medici’s, that illustrious Italian family who ruled over the political and artistic worlds from the late Medieval and into the Baroque period. This post on Ms. Codex 1332 depicts the front cover and fol. 2r of a 16th century Italian ledger book that may seem plain, that is until you learn that it was once the property of the Medici family! Turn to the manuscript’s page on OPenn and brush up on your paleography skills, you just might find something of interest; http://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/PennManuscripts/html/mscodex1332.html -- source link
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