Keywords: Illuminated Manuscripts (Middleton) figure47.jpg Figure from <i>Illuminated Manuscripts in Classical and Mediaeval Times their Art and their Technique</i> Fig 47 Illumination from an Italian manuscript executed for the Countess Matilda in the twelfth century According to Middleton this illustrates the extreme decadence of art in Italy before the thirteenth century From a poem in honour of the Countess Matilda written by a monk of Canossa named Donizo https //archive org/details/illuminatedmanu00midd 1892 J Henry Middleton PD-old-100 Illuminated Manuscripts Middleton Vita Mathildis Conrad II Holy Roman Emperor Tedald of Canossa Willa of Tuscany Boniface III of Tuscany Teodaldo of Canossa bishop |