Manuscript in miniature, cm. 35 x 50 on parchment paper. [MM3]

Manuscript description

Content: Extract from "Dei delitti e delle pene" by Beccaria, against the death penalty.

Calligraphy: Fracture.

Frieze: Acanthus leaves, flowers, gilded berries and  zoophorus figure belongs to the category of "Monsters".

Initial letter: decorated with acanthus leaf plant motif.

Genuine gold leaf 23 ¾ karati.

Gum Arabic tempera.

Special pigments employed:

Red lead, Naples yellow, green cobalt, ultramarine blue light, cinnabar, Carmine genuine from cochineal, black vine and Titanium white.