Dedication
TO THE ENGLISH PAINTER
WHO HAS MADE CIVILIZED MANKIND HIS DEBTOR
BY RECOVERING THE PORTRAIT OF
Dante BY Giotto,
THE TWO DII MAJORES OF ITALIAN MEDIÆVALISM,
TO THE
BARONE KIRKUP,
MY FATHER’S HONOURED FRIEND AND MY OWN,
I AM PERMITTED TO DEDICATE
THIS SLIGHT ATTEMPT IN A BRANCH OF ITALIAN STUDY
LONG FAMILIAR TO HIMSELF.
W. M. R.
June 1869.