#ms. codex 1577

Ms. Codex 1577 - Fioretti di San Francesco

Saint Francis is probably one of the most famous saints of the Middle Ages. This manuscript is called “Fioretti di San Francesco” [Little Flowers of Saint Francis] and contains stories and legends about him and his followers, plus several other texts related to the Franciscans. You can see the Saint himself depicted in the wonderfully decorated “P” that opens this work.  This manuscript was written in northern Italy, possibly Venice or Ferrara, between 1460 and 1480.