The Bible of Borso d'Este - Bestetti/Treccani

2 volumes plus lectern as shown in the photo. The Bible, created for Borso d'Este, Duke of Ferrara, between 1455 and 1461, is the absolute masterpiece of Italian Renaissance illumination. For the first time, in this manuscript, book illustration adopts the new language of the Renaissance, transforming the fantasies and elegance of the late Gothic period into a new rationality. The greatest artists of the time worked on its pages, determined to create a work destined to perpetuate the splendor of the Este court and the Duke's munificence through the centuries. The illuminators, among whom the names of Taddeo Crivelli and Franco dei Russi stand out, painted every page of the manuscript on the recto and verso, observing the new rules of perspective that had arrived from Tuscany and displaying the meticulous attention to detail typical of Flemish art. The friezes are also magnificent, adorned with an exceptional variety of mythological, animalistic, and heraldic motifs. Taken as a whole, the Borso d'Este Bible constitutes an exceptional gallery of Renaissance art, the richness of which is unmatched by any other contemporary artistic testimony.

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