The Codex of the Anonimo Magliabechiano

Bouk Wierda, MA Art History, University of Groningen (2004), independent scholar, published on Florentine patricians and (together with Gert Jan Van der Sman) ‘Wisselend succes: De loopbanen van Nederlandse en Vlaamse kunstenaars in Florence, 1450-1600’ (Brill 2013). Lotte van ter Toolen, MA Art History (2014), is PhD candidate and lecturer at the Department of Art History at the University of Groningen. She is preparing her dissertation on 15th- and 16th-century tomb monuments for artists in Rome. Henk Th. van Veen, Professor Em. of Art History at the University of Groningen. He has published widely on Florentine art- and cultural history, including Cosimo I de’ Medici and his Self-Representation in Florentine Art and Culture (Cambridge: CUP, 2006 (2011)).

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List of Figures



Introduction: The Codex of the Anonimo Magliabechiano in Context

 1 The Codex

 2 The Sources of the Codex

 3 Approach and Working Method in the Codex

 4 Dating

 5 Characterization of the Author

 6 The Author’s Identity

 7 The Identification Substantiated

 8 The Edition

 9 Note on the Transcription

 10 Note on the English Translation of Passages from the Codex



Transcription of the Codex



Appendix 1: Inventory of Artists Discussed in the Codex

Appendix 2: List of Artworks and Buildings Cited in the Second Part of the Codex

Bibliography

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