Publication Date:
2025
abstract:
This paper presents Giovanni Castaldi da Fano as a scribe and illustrator. Two
codices (BAV, Ottob. Lat. 1417 and Jena, Thüringer Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek,
Ms. G. B. q. 21) bear his name in the colophon, and in the Vatican manuscript
the drawings are also signed. This has made it possible to attribute to him three other
illustrated manuscripts (Brescia, Biblioteca Queriniana D.VI.16; Roma, Biblioteca
Corsiniana, Rossi 19; BAV, Chig., H.VI.204), allowing us to outline the figure of
a minor humanist and not insignificant artist active in Fano in the third quarter of
the 15th century.
codices (BAV, Ottob. Lat. 1417 and Jena, Thüringer Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek,
Ms. G. B. q. 21) bear his name in the colophon, and in the Vatican manuscript
the drawings are also signed. This has made it possible to attribute to him three other
illustrated manuscripts (Brescia, Biblioteca Queriniana D.VI.16; Roma, Biblioteca
Corsiniana, Rossi 19; BAV, Chig., H.VI.204), allowing us to outline the figure of
a minor humanist and not insignificant artist active in Fano in the third quarter of
the 15th century.
Iris type:
2.1 Contributo in volume (Capitolo o Saggio)
Keywords:
manoscritti, copisti, miniatori
List of contributors:
Pantarotto, Martina
Book title:
Profili di copisti