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Nestore Leoni (L’Aquila Abruzzo February 14 1862 – 1947) was an Italian painter and illuminator of manuscripts (miniatore).He was a resident of Florence. He first studied in Aquila but later dedicated himself to the study of classic illumination of texts including those in the Florentine Libraries and set himself to imitating the antique. Among his first works was the cover of an Album commemorating the arrival of the Emperor William II of Germany to Rome.