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The text of this manuscript deals with the qualities that a good citizen should possess. It was written by Matteo Palmieri (1406-1475), a Florentine writer and politician. It is a poem based on Dante's Divine Comedy. The manuscript was probably commissioned by a member of the Palmieri family.
Folio 41v contains a miniature representing the celestial sphere, the zodiac and the symbols of the constellations, drawn in pen and painted in watercolour. The illumination is attributed to Francesco Botticini.
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