Reference files of Albinia de la Mare relating to Vespasiano da Bisticci, her PhD thesis, 'Vespasiano da Bisticci, Historian and Bookseller', University of London (Warburg Institute), 1965-1966, and other subjects: 'Vespasiano, Badia, Fiesole, San Marco, A[rchivio di] S[tato di] F[irenze], Epistolaria, notes and reproductions', 1968-1983 and n.d. [c.1960-1980]
Comprises:
Folder 1: correspondence, notes and images, 1979-1983 and n.d. [c.1979-1980], including items relating to
- Rome, Biblioteca Corsiniana, 44 B. 27 (Vespasiano, Vita Sancta Paula Romana)
- manuscripts in Florence, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, London, British Library, and elsewhere relating to Valerius Maximus
- Bruni annotations (information from Professor [Edmund] Fryde)
- Sallando
- Salutati
- 'Manuscripts to check'
- Vatican City, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Pal. lat. 691
- Göttingen, Niedersächsische Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek, MS. philol. 161 (Suetonius)
- Ithaca, Cornell University, University Library, Bd. Petrarch P. P49 R511 (MS. Pet. - Z. 13) (Petrarch, Canzoniere, Trionfi)
- Manchester, John Rylands Library, Hebrew 8
- Sotheby's sale, 11 Dec 1979
Folder 2: 'Letters in alphabetical order', notes on humanist epistolaria, in particular concerning the content of the letters, arranged in rough alphabetical order, n.d. [c.1960]
Folder 3: 'Clients and notes', comprising draft 'Chapter VIII Part II. Alphabetical Summaries of the evidence for Vespasiaono's work for his [indivi?]dual] Clients' and 'Notes, Clients', n.d. [c.1960]
Folder 4: 'V[espasiano]'s Trade, S[an] Marco, Fiesole etc., Badia accounts', annotated transcripts of documents relating to Vespasiano's trade for and with San Marco, the Badia Fiorentina, and the Badia Fiesolana, 1973 and n.d. [c.1960-1970]
Folder 5: 'Vespasiano manuscripts', lists of Fiesole manuscripts and notes, 1969-1974 and n.d. [c.1970-1975], apparently part of de la Mare's preparation for 'New Research on Humanistic Scribes in Florence', published in Annarosa Garzelli ed., Miniatura fiorentina del Rinascimento, 1440-1525: un primo censimento (Florence, 1985), including
- 'Identifiable manuscripts directly prod[uced] by V[espasiano]'
- 'Fiesole manuscripts almost certainly produced by Vespasiano'
- 'Manuscripts not named or identifiable in [Fiesole] Accounts'
- 'Manuscripts V[espasiano] paid for'
- 'Thesis addenda, Fiesole notes etc.'
- notes on and transcripts from Florence, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Fies. 227, the catalogue of the library of Fiesole, with images of the catalogue
Folder 6: 'Archive Material', transcripts from manuscripts at Archivio di Stato di Firenze and related notes, 1968 and n.d. [c.1960-1970], including materials concerning
- ser Griso Griselli, ser Piero Buonaccorsi, ser Anastagio di Amerigo Vespucci, ser Piero di Brunio Cortolani, ser Bernardo di Lorenzo Cortesi and ser Piero da Vinci
- Protocolli of ser Leonardo da Colle (T. 488-496, 499-504)
- Tratte, Vols. 67-68, 80, 81
- Medici e Speziali Matricole, 1408-44
- Arte Por. S. Maria
- Matricoli
- Arte della Lana
- Libri dei Morti, chiefly from Grascia, Vol. 5, 1457-1506
- Catasto, Beni of Pieve di Ripoli, 1478
- birthdates from Tratte 39
- Ricordi of Marco Parenti
- Paolo Uccello
Dates
- Creation: 1968-1983 and n.d. [c.1960-1980]
Extent
1 box (6 folders)
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MS. 18746/131
Former reference:
Archive A. C. de la Mare, sect. II., cont. XXXVIII-D
Creator
- From the Collection: de la Mare | Albinia Catherine | 1932-2001 | librarian and palaeographer (Person)
Repository Details
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