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A: Innenstadt I, Frankfurt am Main, Hessen, Germany
Ceiling of the Piccolomini Library, Biblioteca Duomo, Siena. The frescoes were painted by the Umbrian Bernardino di Betto, called Pinturicchio, probably based on designs by Raphael.
On March 12, 1455 Enea Silvio Piccolomini, later Pope Pius II, reported in a letter to Juan de Carvajal, the Cardinal for whom he worked, that in Frankfurt the year before, "a marvelous man" had been promoting the sale of a printed Bible. Piccolomini stated that he saw parts of the book, and that it had such clear, large lettering that one could read it without eye glasses. He also noted that every copy had been sold.
