Illustrations of one hundred manuscripts in the library of Henry Yates Thompson .. (1907)
Thompson, Henry Yates, 1838-1928 · London, Printed at the Chiswick Press · leaf 19
the most illustrious of the great men of the Italian Renaissance. I will only add that the Arms and Emblems and the style of the miniatures amply prove that the Psalter belonged to one of the early Medici Princes, and that I affix to it the name of Cosimo because, when some years ago I showed the… … STATUE OF COSIMO BY JOHN OF BOLOGNA Next comes the Breviary of HERCULES OF ESTE, DUKE OF FERRARA AND MODENA (b. 1433, d. 1505). Hercules succeeded in the Dukedom his brother the “Magnificent” Borso, many of whose beautiful MSS. may still be seen in the Library of Modena. He had the unique…
Thompson, Henry Yates, 1838-1928 · Illumination of books and manuscripts
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