'Hesperides' by Basinio de' Basini of Parma


Country or nationality of origin: Italian
Ornamental frame on blank page, probably an 18th-century imitation of the manuscript’s own style. White vine-stem interlace surround border on ground in red, green and blue with stippled rosettes of dots, also stork(?) and groups of putti.

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