Commission from BL Add 20916, f. 22, f. 22

Miniature of an African man looking at a vision of female personifications of Venice as Justice and Truth, within an ornamental border with cartouches inscribed 'Veritas / De terra / Orta Est / Et Iustitia / De Coelo / Pr[o]spexi/ t' (Psalm 85:11) and the arms of the Morosini dalla Sbarra family of Venice (or a bend azure). Image taken from f. 22 of Leaf of a Doge's Commission (index commissione dogale) from Pasquale Cicogna to Tommaso Morosini dalla Sbarra as of podestà and capitano of Crema. Written in Latin.

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