PUBLIUS LENTULUS   His Newes to the Senate of Rome Well-exe...

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PUBLIUS LENTULUS  
His Newes to the Senate of Rome
Well-executed and attractive illuminated manuscript on card by C Rose, Illuminator, 43 Windsor Road, London, in gold and colours with decorative initials, margins etc., 19th century
Signed, 38cm x 24cm.
This epistle of Lentulus was first widely circulated in the 15th century, although from a rather earlier period, and purports to be a contemporary description of Christ`s physical appearance by a Roman official. Despite being spurious, it has had an influence on how Jesus is depicted up until the present day.