CAPORALI, Bartolomeo
(b. ca. 1420, Perugia, d. 1505, Perugia)

Depiction of Porta Sancti Angeli Auguste Perusie

1486
Illumination on parchment, 285 x 200 mm
Akademie der bildenden Künste, Vienna

The inscription PORTA SANCTI ANGELI AUGUSTE PERUSIE on the arch in this miniature refers to one of the five city gates in Perugia. The miniature belonged to a codex that contained depictions of Perugia's city gates. Members of the donor Perugian family Graziani are depicted below the arch.




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