Forged fifteenth-century Sienese Tavola della Biccherna (tax register binding) [object].

Forged fifteenth-century Sienese "binding" of two painted boards attached by a leather pseudo-spine. Top board depicts Mary Magdalene (auction description identified as St. Barbara of Nicomedia) and the bottom board has invented, triagular-shaped shields, with an Italian inscription claiming the contents to be an inventory of the sacristy of the Siena cathedral donated by Giovanni Borghese, dated July 1495. A nearly identical rear board is found on British Library, c188c11 (see online Database of Bookbindings).