The Divine Letters of the Great Marsilio Ficino, Volume 1 (1549) - Page 10

⚠Significant ink bleed-through from the reverse side of the leaf, though the primary text remains legible.

both are joined together in perfect
love. And thus, as your servant
also, I humbly kiss your Most Illu-
strious hands; From Rome, the first
of January, 1545 Original: "M D X L V.".

Of Your Excellency

original: "D. V. E."; an abbreviation for "Di Vostra Eccellenza," a standard formal address to the Duke.

Most humble & most devoted servant,

original: "Humiliß. & deuottiß. Seruitore."; the "ß" acts as a shorthand for the Latin-derived "-issimo" superlative ending, meaning "most" or "very."

Felice Figliucci.