15th Century Northern Italian Illuminated Psalter and Prayerbook in a Contemporary Gilt Binding for “ALESANDRA DA RIMINE” from the Trivulzio Library archive This image comes from the

This image comes from the French 1st Edition of Linschoten's Itinerario

et de la conduite des Hollandais dans les Indes-Orientales

The book starts with the history of early Christian contact with the East and a description of China as a country

Further filigree decorations to lettering in black and red ink

15th Century Northern Italian Illuminated Psalter and Prayerbook in a Contemporary Gilt Binding for “ALESANDRA DA RIMINE” from the Trivulzio Library archive This image comes from the15th Century Northern Italian Illuminated Psalter and Prayerbook in a Contemporary Gilt Binding for ALESANDRA DA RIMINE from the Trivulzio Library 11. 5 x 8. 75 cm. 160 leaves on fine vellum, written in black and red ink. Large illuminated miniature of King David with a lyre to the opening leaf, within a decorative border incorporating birds, floral motifs and pointill ornament in gold, blue, red and green. Bound in a North Italian leather binding