Cardinal Bēssariōn (1403-1472)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
Unknown
Materials
Paper
Measurements
150 mm (H)100 mm (W)110 mm (H)80 mm (W)
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Felbrigg, Norfolk
NT 1397281
Summary
Woodcut, bookplate, Cardinal Bēssariōn (1403-1472). Cardinal Bessarion, Cardinal of Nicene, Patriarch Constantinople. On reverse biographical details in Latin 'Bessarion Cardinalis Nicenus, Patriarcha Constantinopol. Graecia me genuit; gouet Italis ora; galero Roma colit; vita sum Numa, et arte Plato. D4'. B1.80.