Medal with Girolamo Savonarola in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, September 2010

Title: Girolamo Savonarola, (1452-1498)

Object Name: Medal

Medalist: Niccolò di Forzore Spinelli (Italian, 1430–1514)

Culture: Italian

Date: late 15th century

Medium: Bronze

Dimensions: Diam. 3 5/16 in. (8.4 cm.)

Classification: Medals

Credit Line: Blumenthal Fund, 1950

Accession Number: 50.58.5

Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings:

Inscriptions: Obverse:Crucifix inscribed INRIO, plain raised border; leg. •HIERONYMVS•SA V• FER•ORD•PRE•VIR•DOCTISSI MVS; Reverse:GLADIVS•DOMINI•SVP•TERA•CITO•ET VELOCITER; (on left) SPIRITVS•DNI•SVP•TERRA•COPIOSET•HABVDAT

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