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| Keywords: Passion de saint Maurice - Arsenal940 - Allégorie de Venise f39r.jpg attributed to Part of a Life and Passion of St Maurice sent from Venetian nobleman and provveditore Jacopo Antonio Marcello to King Rene The elephant has a huge structure on its back representing the Venetian Ducal Palace The top banner intended to express Venetian sentiment reads I acknowledge that you sustained me when I was falling The lower banner intended to represent Marcello reads I deny this for it is by Divine power that you escaped ca 1453 illumination parchment cm 18 7 13 institution Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal Marc-Édouard Gautier dir Splendeur de l'enluminure Le roi René et les livres Ville d'Angers / Actes Sud 2009 416 p ISBN 978-2-7424-8611-4 pp 216-223 object history credit line accession number Ms 940 f 39 recto ark /12148/btv1b55005728g/f89 image PD-old-100 Passio Mauricii et sotiorum ejus - Arsenal 940 Miniatures of elephants Historical images of the Doge's Palace Venice | ||||
