Case XX, "Due pueri paucos annos habentes"

"Illuminated round and shiny heads"1474

Decretum Gratiani, c. 221v, Two children are taken to the monastery, one of his own will and the other reluctantly, Figured initial D

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Title: Case XX, "Due pueri paucos annos habentes"
Creator: "Illuminated round and shiny heads"
Date: 1474
Location: Schifanoia Museum
Physical Dimensions: Iniziale: 42 x 42 mm
Provenance: Ferrara Olivetan Monastery of San Girolamo outside the walls until 1797; Palazzo Paradiso, Municipal Library; at the Civic Museums since 1898
Type: Illuminated manuscript
Medium: Tempera colors, gold leaf and ink on parchment

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