Sigismund Line 8 "danne also des koniges Siegemont rat zu Meilant woren gewesen, do hetten sie etwas übertragen mit der frowenm als man meinte." There were diplomats of Siegmund in Milan, then they had made a formal act ("Übertragung" is used, when she gave rights, for instance ...

Thanks, that's fine. It doesn't matter whether it is true or not, gossip or idle talk. I only needed to have a contemporary source for it. It shall have happened in a castle midway the street between Milan and Pavia. Yes, castle at Binasco. Beatrice shall have punished him for his love to boys (the ...

XCVI. r Wie s der herre von Meilant sime elichen wibe das houpt ließ abslahen vor der capellen. [110.] Du solt merken zu der zit, als Sigemont koniges reite in botschaft gewesen worent zu Meilant, als do vor 2 geschriben stet, do hett der herre von Meilant ein wip 3, die hette vor gehept einen r.) G...

I am preparing materials for the biography of Beatrice Cane (c. 1370-1418), first wife of Filippo Maria Visconti, duke of Milan from 1412-1447. The duke infamously accused her of adultery, for which she was convicted and beheaded. Most contemporary commentators believed the charges false, or a prete...

Happy New Year, Huck!

Thanks Steve. Very nice. I'd like to find the Baldini/Finiguerra for Luna, which contains a juggler image described thusly: "Near these, eight persons at a table are looking at a juggler, in a fool's dress, with an ape at his feet." I know this is old, but in case you did not come across ...

This is the statement we can find no authority for - "Poiché di venerdì 17 morì Nostro Signore,..."

I take it that it's merely a typo, and Andrea only intended "Friday," not "Friday the 17th."

If Good Friday were 17 April, Easter would have to be 19 April. This page lets you calculate the date of Easter for the early years of the first century https://webspace.science.uu.nl/~gent0113/easter/eastercalculator.htm For the years 20 to 35, it gives the following dates for Easter - 20 31 March ...

I'm surprised that Andrea didn't refer to my own investigation of this question, online since 2009.

One thing that shows the intentional cleverness of the designer is that he places Prudence among the Theological Virtues, not before them as a group. This is deliberate. Hope is followed by Prudence; this is not a canonical order. I'm not sure there was a preferred order of the four elements; the on...