BAT309480 View of the Sala, decorated with \'Pale\', or shovels (photo) by Italian School, (15th century); Villa Medicea di Castello, Florence, Italy; (add.info.: Hall of the Pale: Accademia della Crusca shovels, Castello, Villa Medici: The hall takes its name from the 153 ancient shovels that are preserved here, personal emblems of the sixteenth and seventeenth-century members of the Accademia. Every shovel bears the academic name of its owner, the motto (a line of verse originating from the 14th century usually composed by Petrarch, chosen to encapsulate the spirit of the enterprise chosen by the Academician) and an image. Original Asset title: View of the decorated \'Pale\' or shovels used for bread baking ); Photo 穢 Nicol簷 Orsi Battaglini; Italian, out of copyright.