aleyma:Luigi Marchi and Raffaele Angelo Marchi, Pendant, 1898-1902 (source).The inscription on the b
aleyma:Luigi Marchi and Raffaele Angelo Marchi, Pendant, 1898-1902 (source).The inscription on the back reads: RAPHAEL CAECILIAE CAECILIA TIBI:QV (‘As Raphael to Cecilia, so Cecilia [gives] to you). The pendant is a copy of the jewel worn by St Cecilia in La Sacra Conversazione by Raphael, and was probably a special commission for a woman named Cecilia, hence the inscription. -- source link
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