FROM “BICCHERNE” TO CONTEMPORARY ARTIST’S BOOKS

A JOURNEY THROUGH IMAGES AND HANDWRITING The Biccherna, active from the 12th century until 1786, was one of the main financial magistracies of the Republic of Siena. The name derives from a contraction of the Blacherne Palace in Constantinople, which contained the imperial treasury. From the name of the Sienese magistracy, the painted tablets with […]