Manuscript in miniature, cm. 50 x 70 on parchement paper

Manuscript description

Content: Dissertation against the use of torture from "Dei delitti e delle pene" by Beccaria.
Calligraphy: Texture.
Frieze: Acanthus leaves, flowers, fruits, gilded berries.
Initial letter decorated with historical scenes depicting "Justice" from the iconography by Cesare Ripa.
Pen miniatures: Coloured inks.
Genuine gold leaf 22 karati.
Gum Arabic tempera.

Special pigments employed

Red lead, lead yellow, indigo vegetable from India, viridian extrafine, ultramarine blue light, cinnabar, cobalt blue light, cadmium red medium extrafine, different shades of ochre.