File:Theodoric the Great - Manuscript Illustration.jpeg
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Theoderic the Great (455-526), King of the Ostrogoths and Romans in Italy. The scroll reads: âSpeculum ex merito pacis nunc frequentat hilaris regnorum." In English: âBy merit, he now joyfully reflects the mirror of peace among kingdoms.â
Frontispiece of Theodoric (sitting opposite Cassiodorus), from a 12th-century German manuscript. Leiden University Library, Ms. vul. 46: Gesta Theodorici. - Cassiodori Senatoris Vita. - Hugonis de S. Victore Eruditionis didascalicae. - Tractatus theologici. Latin. Manuscript on vellum. 186 ff., 220 x 125 mm. Fulda, dated 1176-7.
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