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| Keywords: Emperor Maximilian and Massimiliano Sforza - page.jpg en Maximilian Sforza right meet Emperor Maximilian I left Milan Castello Sforzesco Biblioteca Trivulziana This small codex consists only 14 leaves and contains short texts to be used in the education of Massimiliano Sforza 1493-1530 the son of Ludovico il Moro Duke of Milan and Beatrice d'Este It is decorated with numerous initials three historiated initials and four full-page miniatures Most of the scenes in the manuscript are by Giovanni Pietro Birago a Lombard artist whose work is of somewhat mediocre quality However the miniature on folio 6 is of much higher quality It represents the meeting between Massimiliano Sforza and the Emperor Maximilian which took place at Bormio on 25 July 1496 This fine miniature is attributed to Boccaccio Boccaccino one of the finest Milanese artists of the late fifteenth century He was an illuminator but worked mainly as a painter in Cremona and Ferrara de Maximilian Sforza rechts trifft Kaiser Maximilian I links Mailand Castello Sforzesco Biblioteca Trivulziana Livre de Jésus http //www dbnl org/ century 16 PD-old Maximilian I Holy Roman Emperor in miniatures Liber Iesus - Biblioteca Trivulziana Ms 2163 Boccaccio Boccaccino | ||||
