This modern bottle is a Florentine flask covered with bast.

Modern Bottle

This modern bottle is a Florentine flask covered with bast.

"Wrought Iron Candle-Pricket; late 15th-century. Florentine work." —The Encyclopedia Britannica, 1903

Candle-Pricket

"Wrought Iron Candle-Pricket; late 15th-century. Florentine work." —The Encyclopedia Britannica,…

An illustration of a man being knighted on a battle field. Durante degli Alighieri (May/June c.1265 – September 14, 1321), commonly known as Dante Alighieri, was a Florentine poet of the Middle Ages. His central work, the Divina Commedia (originally called Commedia and later called Divina ("divine") by Boccaccio), is often considered the greatest literary work composed in the Italian language and a masterpiece of world literature.

Portrait of Dante

An illustration of a man being knighted on a battle field. Durante degli Alighieri (May/June c.1265…

Florentine navigator

Verrazzani

Florentine navigator