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1425.

Hermes the philosopher.

1426.

Suisset, viz. calculator,--Tisber,
--Angelo Fossobron,--Alberto.

1427.

The structure of the drawbridge shown me
by Donnino, and why _c_ and _d_ thrust downwards.

[Footnote: The sketch on the same page as this text
represents two poles one across the other. At the
ends of the longest are the letter _c_ and _d_. The
sense of the passage is not rendered any clearer.]

1428.

The great bird will take its first flight;--
on the back of his great swan,--filling
the universe with wonders; filling all writings
with his fame and bringing eternal glory to
his birthplace.

[Footnote: This seems to be a speculation about the
flying machine (compare p. 271).]

1429.

This stratagem was used by the Gauls
against the Romans, and so great a mortality
ensued that all Rome was dressed in mourning.

[Footnote: Leonardo perhaps alludes to the Gauls under
Brennus, who laid his sword in the scale when the
tribute was weighed.]
1430.

Alberto da Imola;--Algebra, that is,
the demonstration of the equality of one thing
to another.

1431.

Johannes Rubicissa e Robbia.

1432.

Ask the wife of Biagio Crivelli how the
capon nurtures and hatches the eggs of
the hen,--he being drunk.

1433.

The book on Water to Messer Marco
Antonio.

[Footnote: Possibly Marc-Antonio della Torre, see
p. 97.]

1434.

Have Avicenna's work on useful inventions
translated; spectacles with the case, steel
and fork and...., charcoal, boards, and
paper, and chalk and white, and wax;....
.... for glass, a saw for bones with fine
teeth, a chisel, inkstand ........ three
herbs, and Agnolo Benedetto. Get a skull,
nut,--mustard.

Boots,--gloves, socks, combs, papers,
towels, shirts,.... shoe-tapes,--.....
shoes, penknife, pens. A skin for the
chest.

[Footnote: 4. Lapis. Compare Condivi, _Vita di Michelagnolo
Buonarotti_, Chap. XVIII.: _Ma egli_ (Michelangelo)
_non avendo che mostrare, prese una penna (percioche
in quel tempo il lapis non era in uso) e con tal
leggiadria gli dipinse una mano ecc._ The incident is
of the year l496.--Lapis means pencil, and chalk
(_matita_). Between lines 7 and 8 are the texts given
as Nos. 819 and No. 7.]

Undated memoranda
(1435-1457).

1435.

The book of Piero Crescenze,--studies
from the nude by Giovanni Ambrosio,--compasses,
--the book of Giovanni Giacomo.
1436.

MEMORARDUM.

To make some provisions for my garden,
--Giordano, _De Ponderibus_[Footnote 3: _Giordano_.
Jordanus Nemorarius, a mathematician
of the beginning of the XIIIth century.
No particulars of his life are known. The title
of his principal work is: _Arithmetica decem libris demonstrata_,
first published at Paris 1496. In 1523 appeared
at Nuremberg: _Liber *Jordani Nemorarii de
ponderibus, propositiones XIII et earundem demonstrationes,
multarumque rerum rationes sane pulcherrimas
complectens, nunc in lucem editus._],--the peacemaker,
the flow and ebb of the sea,--have two
baggage trunks made, look to Beltraffio's [Footnote 6:
_Beltraffio_, see No. 465, note 2.

There are sketches by the side of lines 8
and 10.] lathe
and have taken the stone,--out leave the books
belonging to Messer Andrea the German,--
make scales of a long reed and weigh the
substance when hot and again when cold.
The mirror of Master Luigi; _A b_ the flow
and ebb of the water is shown at the mill
of Vaprio,--a cap.

1437.

Giovanni Fabre,--Lazaro del Volpe,--
the common,--Ser Piero.

[Footnote: These names are inserted on a plan of
plots of land adjoining the Arno.]

1438.

[Lactantius], [the book of Benozzo],
groups, to bind the book,--a lantern,--Ser
Pecantino,--Pandolfino.--[Rosso]--a square,
--small knives,--carriages,--curry combs--
cup.

1439.

Quadrant of Carlo Marmocchi,--Messer
Francesco Araldo,--Ser Benedetto d'Accie
perello,--Benedetto on arithmetic,--Maestro
Paulo, physician,--Domenico di Michelino,--
...... of the Alberti,--Messer Giovanni
Argimboldi.
1440.

Colours, formula,--Archimedes,--Marcantonio.

Tinned iron,--pierced iron.

1441.

See the shop that was formerly Bartolommeo's,
the stationer.

[Footnote: 6. _Marc Antonio_, see No. 1433.]

1442.

The first book is by Michele di Francesco
Nabini; it treats on science.

1443.

Messer Francesco, physician of Lucca,
with the Cardinal Farnese.

[Footnote: _Alessandro Farnese_, afterwards Pope Paul III
was created in 1493 Cardinal di San Cosimo e San
Damiano, by Alexander VI.]

1444.

Pandolfino's book [Footnote 1: _Pandolfino, Agnolo_, of Florence. It is to
this day doubtful whether he or L. B. Alberti was
the author of the famous work '_Del Governo della
Famiglia_'. It is the more probable that Leonardo
should have meant this work by the words _il libro_,
because no other book is known to have been
written by Pandolfino. This being the case this allusion
of Leonardo's is an important evidence in
favour of Pandolfino's authorship (compare No. 1454,
line 3).],--knives,--a pen
for ruling,--to have the vest dyed,--The
library at St.-Mark's,--The library at Santo
Spirito,--Lactantius of the Daldi [Footnote 7: The works of Lactantius were published
very often in Italy during Leonardo's lifetime. The
first edition published in 1465 "_in monastero
sublacensi_" was also the first book printed in
Italy.],--Antonio
Covoni,--A book by Maestro Paolo Infermieri,
--Boots, shoes and hose,--(Shell)lac,
--An apprentice to do the models for me.
Grammar, by Lorenzo de Medici,--Giovanni
del Sodo,--Sansovino, [Footnote 15: _Sansovino_, Andrea--the _sculptor_; 1460-1529.]--a ruler,--a very
sharp knife,--Spectacles,--fractions....,
--repair.........,--Tomaso's book,--
Michelagnolo's little chain; Learn the multiplication
of roots from Maestro Luca;--my
map of the world which Giovanni Benci
has [Footnote 25: Leonardo here probably alludes to the map,
not executed by him (See p. 224), which is with the
collection of his MSS. at Windsor, and was published
in the _Archaeologia_ Vol. XI (see p. 224).];-Socks,--clothes from the customhouse
--officier,--Red Cordova leather,--The
map of the world, of Giovanni Benci,--a
print, the districts about Milan--Market book.
1445.

In that at Pavia the movement is more
to be admired than any thing else.

The imitation of antique work is better
than that of the modern things.

Beauty and utility cannot exist together,
as seen in fortresses and in men.

The trot is almost the nature of the free
horse.

Where natural vivacity is lacking it must
be supplied by art.

[Footnote: Quel di Pavia_. _Pavia_ is possibly a clerical
error for _Padua_, and if so the meaning of the passage
is easily arrived at: _Quel di Padua_ would be
the bronze equestrian statue of Gattamelata, on the
Piazza del Santo at Padua executed by Donatelle in
1443 (see pp. 2 and 3).]

1446.

Salvadore, the matress maker, lives on the
Piazza di Sant' Andrea, you enter by the furrier's.

1447.

Monsignore de' Pazzi,--Ser Antonio Pacini.

1448.

An algebra, which the Marliani have,
written by their father, [Footnote 1:
_Marliani_, an old Milanese family, now
extinct.]--

On the bone, by the Marliani,--

On the bone which penetrates, Gian Giacomo
of Bellinzona, to draw out the nail with
facility,--

The measurement of Boccalino,--

The measurement of Milan and the suburbs,
[Footnote 5: *21. See Pl. CIX and No. 1016.]--

A book, treating of Milan and its churches
which is to be had at the last stationer's
on the way to Corduso [Footnote 6: _Corduso_, see No. 1413, note.],--

The measurement of the Corte Vecchia,--

The measurement of the Castle,--

Get the master of arithmetic to show you
how to square a....,--

Get Messer Fazio to show you [the book]
on proportion,--
Get the Friar di Brera to show you [the
book] '_de Ponderibus_' [*11],--

Of the measurement of San Lorenzo,--

I lent certain groups to Fra Filippo de
Brera, [*13]--

Memorandum: to ask Maestro Giovannino
as to the mode in which the tower of
Ferrara is walled without loopholes,--

Ask Maestro Antonio how mortars are
placed on bastions by day or by night,--

Ask Benedetto Portinari how the people
go on the ice in Flanders,--

On proportions by Alchino, with notes
by Marliano, from Messer Fazio,--

The measurement of the sun, promised me
by Maestro Giovanni, the Frenchman,--

The cross bow of Maestro Gianetto,--

The book by Giovanni Taverna that
Messer Fazio,--

You will draw Milan [21],--

The measurement of the canal, locks and
supports, and large boats; and the expense,--

Plan of Milan [Footnote 23: _Fondamento_ is commonly used by Leonardo to
mean ground-plan. See for instance p. 53.],--

Groups by Bramante [Footnote 24: _Gruppi_. See Vol. I p. 355, No. 600, note 9.],--

The book on celestial phenomena by
Aristoteles, in Italian [Footnote 25: _Meteora_. By this Leonardo means no doubt
the four books *. He must refer
here to a MS. translation, as no Italian translation
is known to have been published (see No. 1477
note).],--

Try to get Vitolone, which is in the
library at Pavia [Footnote 26: _Vitolone_ see No. 1506, note.

_Libreria di Pavia_. One of the most famous of
Italian libraries. After the victory of Novara in
April 1500, Louis XII had it conveyed to France,
'_come trofeo di vittoria_'!] and which treats of
Mathematics,--He had a master [learned] in
waterworks and get him to explain the repairs
and the costs, and a lock and a canal and
a mill in the Lombard fashion.

A grandson of Gian Angelo's, the painter
has a book on water which was his fathers.

Paolino Scarpellino, called Assiolo has
great knowledge of water works.

1449.

Francesco d'Antonio at Florence.


11. 13. [Footnote: _Brera_, now _Palazzo delle Scienze ed Arti.
Until 1571 it was the monastery of the order of the
Umiliati and afterwards of the Jesuits.

_De ponderibus_, compare No. 1436, 3.]


12. [Footnote: _Sco Lorenzo_. A church at Milan, see pp. 39,
40 and 50.]

*13. 24. [Footnote: _Gruppi_. See Vol. I p. 355, No. 600, note 9.]


*16. [Footnote: The _Portinari_ were one of the great merchant-
families of Florence.]
1450.

Giuliano Condi[*1],--Tomaso Ridolf1,--
Tomaso Paganelli,--Nicolo delNero,--Simone
Zasti,--Nasi,--the heir of Lionardo Manelli,
--Guglielmo di Ser Martino,--Bartolomeo
del Tovaglia,--Andrea Arrigucci,--
Nicolo Capponi,--Giovanni Portinari.

[Footnote: I. _Guiliano Gondi_. Ser Piero da Vinci,
Leonardo's father, lived till 1480, in a house belonging
to Giuliano Gondi. In 1498 this was pulled
down to make room for the fine Palazzo built on
the Piazza San Firenze by Giuliano di San Gallo,
which still exists. In the _Riassunto del Catasto di Ser
Piero da Vinci_, 1480, Leonardo is not mentioned; it
is evident therefore that he was living elsewhere. It
may be noticed incidentally that in the _Catasto di
Giuliano Gondi_ of the same year the following mention
is made of his four eldest sons:

_Lionardo mio figliuolo d'eta d'anni 29, non fa nulla,
Giovambatista d'eta d'anni 28 in Ghostantinopoli,
Billichozo d'eta d'anni 24 a Napoli,
Simone d'eta d'anni 23 in Ungheria.

He himself was a merchant of gold filigree (_facciamo
lavorare una bottegha d'arte di seta ... facciamo
un pocho di trafico a Napoli_}, As he was 59 years
old in 1480, he certainly would not have been alive
at the time of Leonardo's death. But Leonardo must
have been on intimate terms with the family till the
end of his life, for in a letter dated June 1. 1519,
in which Fr. Melzi, writing from Amboise, announces
Leonardo's death to Giuliano da Vinci at Florence
(see p. 284), he says at the end "_Datemene risposta per
i Gondi_" (see UZIELLI, _Ricerche_, passim).

Most of the other names on the list are those
of well-known Florentine families.]

1451.

Pandolfino.

1452.

Vespuccio will give me a book of Geometry.

[Footnote: See No. 844, note, p. 130.]

1453.

Marcantonio Colonna at Santi Apostoli.

[Footnote: In July 1506 Pope Julius II gave Donna
Lucrezia della Rovere, the daughter of his sister
Lucchina, in marriage to the youthful Marcantonio
Colonna, who, like his brothers Prospero and
Fabrizio, became one of the most famous Captains
of his family. He gave to him Frascati
and made him a present of the palazzo he had
built, when Cardinal, near the church of Santi Apostoli
which is now known as the Palazzo Colonna
(see GREGOROVIUS, _Gesch. der Stadt Rom._
Vol. VIII, book XIV I, 3. And COPPI, _Mem. Colonnesi
p. 251).]

1454.

A box, a cage,--
A square, to make the bird [Footnote 2:
Vasari states that Leonardo invented mechanical
birds which moved through the air. Compare
No. 703.],--
Pandolfino's book, mortar [?],--
Small knives, Venieri for the

*1454. [Footnote: Much of No. 1444 is repeated in this memorandum.]
*Pen for ruling, stone,--star,--

To have the vest dyed, Alfieri's tazza,--

The Libraries, the book on celestial
phenomena,--

Lactantius of the go to the house of
Daldi,-- the Pazzi,

Book from Maestro small box,--
Paolo Infermieri,--

Boots, shoes and small gimlet,--
hose,

Lac, .......,--

An apprentice for .....,--
models,

Grammar of Lo-the amount of the
renzo de' Medici,...

Giovanni del Sodo .....
for...,--the broken

Sansovino, the....

Piero di Cosino [Footnote 16: _Pier di Cosimo_ the well known Florentine
painter 1462-1521. See VASARI, _Vite_ (Vol. IV, p. 134
ed. Sansoni 1880) about Leonardo's influence on
Piero di Cosimo's style of painting.], the wings,--

Filippo and Lorenzo [Footnote 17: _Filippo e Lorenzo_;
probably the painters Filippino
Lippi and Lorenzo di Credi. L. di Credi's pictures
and Vasari's history of that painter bear ample evidence
to his intimate relations with Leonardo.],--A ruler-,--
Spectacles,--to do the..... again,--To-
maso's book,--Michelagnolo's chain,--The
multiplication of roots,--Of the bow and
strinch,--The map of the world from Benci,--
Socks,--The clothes from the custom-house
officier,--Cordova leather,--Market books,

--waters of Cronaca,--waters of Tanaglino...,

--the caps,--Rosso's mirror; to see him make
it,--1/3 of which I have 5/6,--on the celestial
phenomena, by Aristotle [Footnote 36: _Meteora_. See No. 1448, 25.],--boxes
of Lorenzo di Pier Francesco [Footnote 37: _Lorenzo di Pier Francesco_ and his brother _Giovanni_
were a lateral branch of the _Medici_ family and
changed their name for that of Popolani.],--Maestro
Piero of the Borgo,--To have my book
bound,--Show the book to Serigatto,--
and get the rule of the clock [Footnote 41:
Possibly this refers to the clock on the tower
of the Palazzo Vecchio at Florence. In February
1512 it had been repaired, and so arranged as to
indicate the hours after the French manner (twelve
hours a. m. and as many p. m.).],--
ring,--nutmeg,--gum,--the square,--Giovan'
Batista at the piazza, de' Mozzi,--Giovanni
Benci has my book and jaspers,--brass for
the spectacles.

1455.

Search in Florence for......

*7. 36. _Meteora_. See No. 1448, 25.
1456.

Bernardo da Ponte ... Val di Lugano
... many veins for anatomical demonstration.

[Footnote: This fragmentary note is written on the
margin of a drawing of two legs.]

1457.

Paolo of Tavechia, to see the marks in
the German stones.

[Footnote: This note occurs on a pen and ink drawing
made by Leonardo as a sketch for the celebrated
large cartoon in the possession of the Royal Academy
of Arts, in London. This cartoon is commonly
supposed to be identical with that described
and lauded by Vasari, which was exhibited in Florence
at the time and which now seems to be lost.
Mr. Alfred Marks, of Long Ditton, in his valuable
paper (read before the Royal Soc. of Literature,
June 28, 1882) "On the St. Anne of Leonardo da
Vinci", has adduced proof that the cartoon now in the
Royal Academy was executed earlier at Milan. The note
here given, which is written on the sheet containing
the study for the said cartoon, has evidently no
reference to the drawing on which it is written
but is obviously of the same date. Though I have
not any opening here for discussing this question of
the cartoon, it seemed to me important to point out
that the character of the writing in this note does
not confirm the opinion hitherto held that the Royal
Academy cartoon was the one described by Vasari,
but, on the contrary, supports the hypothesis put
forward by Mr. Marks.]

Notes on
pupils
(1458-1468.)

1458.

Giacomo came to live with me on St.-Mary
Magdalen's[*1] day, 1490, aged 10 years. The
second day I had two shirts cut out for him,
a pair of hose, and a jerkin, and when I put
aside some money to pay for these things
he stole 4 _lire_
the money out of the purse; and I could never
make him confess, though I was quite certain
of the fact.--Thief, liar, obstinate, glutton.

The day after, I went to sup with Giacomo
Andrea, and the said Giacomo supped
for two and did mischief for four; for he
brake 3 cruets, spilled the wine, and after
this came to sup where I....

Item: on the 7th day of September he
stole a silver point of the value of 22 soldi
from Marco [Footnote 6: _Marco_, probably Leonardo's pupil Marco d'Oggionno;
1470 is supposed to be the date of his
birth and 1540 of his death.

_Che stava con meco._ We may infer from this that
he left the master shortly after this, his term of
study having perhaps expired.] who was living with me, 4 _lire_
this being of silver; and he took it from his
studio, and when the said Marco had searched
for it a long while he found it hidden
in the said Giacomo's box 4 _lire_.

[Footnote: _Il di della Maddalena._ July 22.]
Item: on the 26th January following,
I, being in the house of Messer Galeazzo
da San Severino [Footnote 9: Galeazza. See No. 718 note.], was arranging the festival for his jousting,
and certain footmen having undressed to try on some costumes of wild men for the said festival, Giacomo
went to the purse of one of them which lay
on the bed with other clothes, 2 lire 4 S,
and took out such money as was in it.

Item: when I was in the same house,
Maestro Agostino da Pavia gave to me a
Turkish hide to have 2 lire.
a pair of short boots made of it; this
Giacomo stole it of me within a month and
sold it to a cobbler for 20 soldi, with
which money, by his own confession, he
bought anise comfits.

Item: again, on the 2nd April, Giovan
Antonio [Footnote 16:Giovan Antonio, probably Beltraffio, 1467 to 1516.] having left a silver point on a
drawing of his, Giacomo stole it, and this
was of the value of 24 soldi 1 lira 4 S.

The first year-

A cloak, 2 lire,
6 shirts, 4 lire,
3 jerkins, 6 lire,
4 pairs of hose, 7 lire 8 soldi,
1 lined doublet, 5 lire,
24 pairs of shoes, 6 lire 5 soldi,
A cap, l lira,
laces, 1 lira.
[Footnote: Leonardo here gives a detailed account not only of the loss he and others incurred through Giacomo
but of the wild tricks of the youth, and we may
therefore assume that the note was not made merely
as a record for his own use, but as a report to be
forwarded to the lad's father or other responsible
guardian.]

S.K.M. III. Ia]

1459.

On the last day but one of September;

Thursday the 27th day of September
Maestro Tommaso came back and worked for
himself until the last day but one of February.
On the 18th day of March, 1493, Giulio, a
German, came to live with me,--Lucia, Piero,
Leonardo.

On the 6th day of October.


1460.

1493.
On the 1st day of November we settled
accounts. Giulio had to pay 4 months;
and Maestro Tommaso 9 months; Maestro
Tommaso afterwards made 6 candlesticks,
10 days' work; Giulio some fire-tongs
15 days work. Then he worked for himself
till the 27th May, and worked for me at a
lever till the 18th July; then for himself till
the 7th of August, and for one day, on the
fifteenth, for a lady. Then again for me at
2 locks until the 20th of August.

1461.

On the 23rd day of August, 12 lire from
Pulisona. On the 14th of March 1494, Galeazzo
came to live with me, agreeing to
pay 5 lire a month for his cost paying on
the l4th day of each month.

His father gave me 2 Rhenish florins.

On the l4th of July, I had from Galeazze
2 Rhenish florins.

1462.

On the l5th day of September Giulio began
the lock of my studio 1494.

1463.

Saturday morning the 3rd of August 1504
Jacopo the German came to live with me
in the house, and agreed with me that I should
charge him a carlino a day.

1464.

1511.
On the 26th of September Antonio broke
his leg; he must rest 40 days.

[Footnote: This note refers possibly to Beltraffio.]
1465.

I left Milan for Rome on the 24th day of
September, 1513, with Giovanni [*2], Francesco
di Melzi [*3], Salai, Lorenzo and il Fanfoia.

1466.

On the 3rd day of January.

Benedetto carne on the 17th of October;
he stayed with me two months and 13 days
of last year [*4], in which time he earned
38 lire, 18 soldi and 8 dinari; he had of
this 26 lire and 8 soldi, and there remains
to be paid for the past year 12 lire 10 soldi.

Giodatti (?) came on the 8th day of September,
at 4 soldi a month, and stayed with
me 3 months and 24 days, and earned 59 lire
14 soldi and 8 dinari; he has had 43 lire,
4 soldi, there remains to pay 16 lire, 10 soldi
and 8 dinari.

Benedetto, 24 grossoni.

1467.

Gian Maria 4,
Benedetto 4,
Gian Pietro [*5] 3,
Salai 3,
Bartolomeo 3,
Gherardo 4.


*1465. 2. _Giovan;_ it is not likely that Leonardo
should have called Giovan' Antonio Beltraffio at one
time Giovanni, as in this note and another time Antonio,
as in No. 1464 while in No. 1458 l. 16 we find
_Giovan'Antonio_, and in No. 1436, l.6 _Beltraffio_. Possibly
the Giovanni here spoken of is Leonardo's less
known pupil Giovan Pietrino (see No. 1467, 5).

2. 3. _Francesco de' Melzi_ is often mentioned, see
Nos. 1350.

3. _Salai_. See No. 1519 note.

4. _Lorenzo_. See No. 1351, l. 10 (p. 408). Amoretti
gives the following note in _Mem. Stor. XXIII:_ 1505.
_Martedi-sera a di 14 d'aprile. Venne Lorenzo a stare
con mecho: disse essere d'eta d'anni 17 .. a di 15 del
detto aprile ebbi scudi 25 d'oro dal chamerlingo di Santa
Maria nuova._ This, he asserts is derived from a MS.
marked S, in quarto. This MS. seems to have
vanished and left no trace behind; Amoretti himself
had not seen it, but copied from a selection of
extracts made by Oltrocchi before the Leonardo
MSS. were conveyed to Paris on the responsibility
of the first French Republic. Lorenzo, by this, must
have been born in 1487. The sculptor Lorenzetto
was born in 1490. Amoretti has been led by the
above passage to make the following absurd observations:

_Cotesto Lorenzo, che poi gli fu sempre compagno, almeno
sin che stette in Italia, sarebb' egli Lorenzo Lotto
bergamasco? Sappiamo essere stato questo valente dipintore
uno de' bravi scolari del Vinci_ (?).

_Il Fafoia_, perhaps a nickname. Cesare da Sesto,
Leonardo's pupil, seems to have been in Rome in these
years, as we learn from a drawing by him in the Louvre.

1466. This seems to be an account for two assistants.
The name of the second is scarcely legible.
The year is not given. The note is nevertheless of
chronological value. The first line tells us the date
when the note was registered, January 3d, and the*
C.A.F. 279a; 855a]

1468.

Salai, 20 lire,
Bonifacio, 2 lire,
Bartolomeo, 4 lire,
Arrigo [Harry], 15 lire.

C.A. 207a; 609a]

Quotations
and notes on
books and
authors
(1469--1508).

1469.

Book on Arithmetic [Footnote 1: "La nobel opera de arithmethica ne la qual se tracta
tute cosse amercantia pertinente facta & compilata per
Piero borgi da Veniesia", in-40. In fine: "Nela inclita
cita di Venetia a corni. 2 augusto. 1484. fu imposto fine
ala presente opera." Segn. a--p. quaderni. V'ha pero

un' altra opera simile di Filippo Calandro, 1491. E da
consultarsi su quest' ultimo, Federici: Memorie Trevigiane,
Fiore di virtu: pag. 73. "Libricciuolo composto di bello stile
verso il 1320 e piu volte impresso nel secolo XV (ristampato
poi anche piu tardi). Gli accademici della Crusca lo
ammettono nella serie dei testi di lingua. Vedasi Gamba,
Razzolini, Panzer, Brunet, Lechi, ecc. (G. D'A.)] 'Flowers of Virtue',

Pliny, [Footnote 2: "Historia naturale di C. Plinio Secondo, tradocta di
lingua latina in fiorentina per Christophoro Laudino &
Opus Nicolai Jansonis gallici imp. anno salutis
M. CCCC.LXXVI.Venetiis" in-fol.-Diogene Laertio.
Incomincia: "El libro de la vita de philosophi etc.:
Impressum Venetiis" per Bernardinum Celerium de Luere,
1480", in-40(G. D'A.).] 'Lives of the Philosophers',

The Bible, [Footnote 3:"La Bibia volgare historiata (per Nicolo di Mallermi) Venecia ... M.CCCC.LXXI in kalende di
Augusto (per Vindelino de Spira)" 2 vol. in-fol. a 2 col.
di 50 lin,; od altra ediz. della stessa versione del
Mallermi, Venetia 1471, e sempre: "Venecia per Gabriel de
Piero 1477," in-fol.; 2 vol.; Ottavio Scotto da Modoetia
1481," "Venetia 1487 per Joan Rosso Vercellese," "1490
Giovanni Ragazo di Monteferato a instantia di Luchanthonio
di Giunta, ecc."--Lapidario Teofrasto? Mandebille: "Le
grand lapidaire," versioneitaliana ms.?... Giorgio Agricola
non puo essere, perche nato nel 1494, forse Alberto Magno:
de mineralibus. * Potrebbe essere una traduzione del poema
latino (Liber lapidum seu de gemmis) di Marbordio Veterio
di Rennes (morto nel II23 da lui stesso tradotto in
francese dal greco di Evao re d'Arabia celebre medico che
l'aveva composto per l'imperatore Tiberio. Marbodio scrisse
il suo prima per Filippo Augusto re di Francia. Vi sono
anche traduzioni in prosa. "Il lapidario o la forza e la
virtu delle pietre preziose, delle Erbe e degli Animali."
(G. D'A.)] 'Lapidary',

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