It's easy to see why Tonda appeals to those who shun the crowds of Rimini or Riccione.
Airports that closed temporarily included those at Milan, Venice, Pisa, Trieste, Rimini and Ancona.
He thought it worth a flutter and secured it for Pounds 1,650. It turned out to be a major discovery, an early secular manuscript on astronomy, produced in Rimini around 1455.