The mythological image in the illuminated manuscript of the Metamorphoses from the Marciana Library (Venice. Marciana Library, Lat. Z. 449a)

Abstract

The Metamorphoses of the Italian Trecento preserved in the Marciana Library in Venice is one of the few manuscripts of the Ovid’s poem that includes illuminations of mythological themes illuminations. This paper aims to review the identifications proposed to date for its images to relate them to other miniatures of Metamorphoses cycle within the complex cultural environment of the Trecento in northern Italy, in close contact with Bologna and in constant dialogue with Avignon.