La Bibbia di Borso d'Este
Subtitle: riprodotto integralmente per mandato di Giovanni Treccani
By: con documenti e studio storico-artistico di Adolfo Venturi ...
Contributors: Crivelli, Taddeo, fl. 1451-1476, illus.; Russi, Franco de', 15th cent., illus.; Venturi, Adolfo, 1856-1941.; Treccani, Giovanni, 1877-; Modena (Italy). R. Biblioteca Estense.
Publisher: E. Bestetti
Published: 1937
Place of publication: Milano
Language: lat
Subjects: Borso d'Este, duke of Ferrara, Modena and Reggio, 1413-1471.; Illumination of books and manuscripts -- Italy -- Ferrara.; Illumination of books and manuscripts -- Specimens, reproductions, etc.; Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern) -- Facsimiles.
Notes: "Bibliografia sulla Bibbia qui studianta": v. 1, pt. 47.
Reproduction of a notable example of the XVth century school of illumination and miniature painting at Ferrara. Illuminated borders including flowers, beasts, birds, emblems, etc., and about 1000 miniatures, chiefly by Taddeo Crivelli, Franco dei Russi, Giorgio di Alemagna, and Marco dell' Avogaro.
Original presented to the Italian government by Giovanni Treccani in 1923, and placed in the Biblioteca Estense, Modena.