Book Box, 15th century, Italian, Cuir bouilli (tooled leather), polychromy, Overall: 6 3/8 x 6 1/2 x 1 3/4in. (16.2 x 16.5 x 4.4cm), Leatherwork, During the Norman rule of the eleventh century, southern Italy, particularly Salerno and its neighboring cities, developed, under Arabic influence, into a major center of medieval studies. By the twelfth century, much of the extant medieval knowledge had been complied in alphabetical compendia, which served as a basis of knowledge for the ensuing centuries of the Middle Ages
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Book Box, 15th century, Italian, Cuir bouilli, tooled leather, polychromy, Overall, 6 3/8 x 6 1/2 1 3/4in, 16.2 16.5 4.4cm, Leatherwork, Norman rule, eleventh, southern Italy, particularly Salerno, neighboring cities, developed, under Arabic influence, major center, medieval studies, twelfth, extant medieval, knowledge, complied, alphabetical compendia, served, basis, ensuing centuries, Middle Ages
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