Descrizione del Sacro Monte della Vernia (Description of the Sacred Mount Alverno), Domenico Falcini, 1612

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Descrizione del Sacro Monte della Vernia (Description of the Sacred Mount Alverno), 1612, Engraving, 18 1/2 × 12 13/16 × 13/16 in. (47 × × 2 cm), Prints, Domenico Falcini (Italian, 1575?–1628, (active Siena)), Raffaello Schiaminossi (Italian, Borgo San Sepolcro (Sansepolcro) 1572–1622 Borgo San Sepolcro (Sansepolcro)), After Jacopo Ligozzi (Italian, Verona 1547–1627 Florence), This book is a descriptive guide by Fra Lino Moroni to Monte della Vernia (today known as La Verna) in the Tuscan Appenines, published in Florence in 1612. Monte della Vernia was the retreat of Saint Francis of Assisi where in 1224 he stayed for forty days meditating and fasting

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