Image: Manuscript of Cicero - BL Kings MS 21 f. 2

Description: Illuminated manuscript of Cicero's Philippics, with large initial and a full decorated border (added later, possibly during the 18th century). BL Kings MS 21, f. 2. Previously owned by the Gonzaga family of Venice, circa 1800, whose arms are visible in the border (arms per bend argent and sable, an eagle displayed counterchanged, crowned or, surmounted with a seven-pointed coronet). Held and digitised by the British Library.
Title: Illuminated manuscript of Cicero's Philippics
Credit: This file has been provided by the British Library from its digital collections. It is also made available on a British Library website. Catalogue entry: Kings MS 21
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