Lower Border Detail with Medici Arms

The lower border is decorated with blue and red foliate motifs, green leaves, and two small lozenges with rosettes. At the centre, a roundel contains two putti supporting the well-known Medici arms: six red bezants on a gold field, and one blue, bearing the French arms with three fleurs-de-lis, as granted in 1465 by King Louis XI in the Montluçon decree. Below, a very small emblem can be discerned: the personal 8 device of the author, Cristoforo Landino, consisting of a three-peaked mountain surmounted by laurel branches.

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