THE TREATISE OF
LORENZO VALLA ON THE
DONATION OF CONSTANTINE

The First Page of Valla’s Treatise,
Codex Vaticanus Latinus 5314.

THE TREATISE OF
LORENZO VALLA ON THE

DONATION OF CONSTANTINE

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CHRISTOPHER B. COLEMAN, Ph.D.
PROFESSOR OF HISTORY IN ALLEGHENY COLLEGE

NEW HAVEN
YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS
LONDON · HUMPHREY MILFORD · OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
M.D.CCCC.XXII

THE TREATISE OFLORENZO VALLA ON THEDONATION OF CONSTANTINE