Initial from BL Burn 174, f. 3v
Summary
White vine initial 'P'(lutarchus) with putti and parrots(?), and matching borders incorporating a roundel depicting Hercules; putti, butterflies and birds; and the arms of the Maffei of Volterra family, at the beginning of Book 1 of Aulus Gellius's Noctes Atticae. Image taken from f. 3v of Noctes Atticae. Written in Latin, with some passages in Greek.
Tags
Date
1300 - 1500
Source
British Library
Copyright info
Public Domain