LONDON (Reuters) - A page stolen more than 500 years ago from a celebrated Italian book of prayers has finally been recovered, the British Library says.
The illuminated page depicting the occupations of the month of October comes from the Sforza Book of Hours, one of the most lavish books of the Italian Renaissance and a treasured item in the national library's collection.
The devotional book, measuring 9 by 13 centimetres, was commissioned about 1490 for the widow of the Duke of Milan.
But before it had even been completed, some of the main illustrated pages were stolen from the workshop of the artist, Giovan Pietro Birago, a contemporary of Leonardo da Vinci.
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