The Seal of Florence
In early 16th century Florence, when Machiavelli was working as a diplomat for the city state, the seal of the Magistrates of the Ten of Liberty and Peace was an image of a dove holding an olive branch in its beak with the following Latin motto "S. Pax et Defensio Libertatis" (Peace and the Defence of Liberty).
It can be found in volume 3 of Historical, Political, and Diplomatic Writings.
Niccolo Machiavelli, The Historical, Political, and Diplomatic Writings, vol. 3 (Diplomatic Missions 1498-1505) [1498]
- Author: Niccolo Machiavelli
- Translator: Christian Detmold
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