In order to validate Dominican intellect,  Tommaso da Modena was commissioned to paint a fresco cycle of 40 different Dominican scholars. This portrait of Saint Cher is one of the earliest depictions of a person using spectacles. The image is from Wikimedia Commons and is available for public use.  

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1352

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Making the Human/ Inventing Venice
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