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Word: federigo (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Terence's comedies, with illustrations showing actors in the authentic costumes of ancient Rome; Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II's 13th century manual on falconry; an illustrated sth century copy of Vergil. He also saw many Bibles -but none that surpasses in beauty the work commissioned by Federigo da Montefeltro, Duke of Urbino (1444-82), and one of the keenest bibliophiles of the" Renaissance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: FILM FOR POSTERITY | 9/29/1958 | See Source »

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