Signature c7r
Folio 23r, Quire c
British Library, London — C.60.o.12
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Biblioteca degli Intronati, Siena — O.III.38
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Biblioteca degli Intronati, Siena — O.III.38
HIGH Unverified
Annotations
MARGINAL_NOTE (2)
Marginal Note
“aedificio antiquario inseme cum molti altri arbusculi murali”
scribe it perfectly,] especially since in
our time the proper vernacular and native terms peculiar to the art of architecture are buried and
extinct, along with the true men. (G 31)
Even so, the next marginalium to appear is a remark on the use of obsidian stone, which
could just as well be a natural-historical remark as an architectural one. On the image of the
elephant and obelisk, the annotator writes ‘obsidie’ next to the phrase ‘Elephante di nigricãte
petri, piu che obsidio’. By ...
Russell, PhD Thesis, p. 128 (Ch. 6)
Hand Primary: Pope Alexander VII (Fabio Chigi)
Marginal Note
204
9
Siena, Biblioteca degli Intronati – O.III.38, and
Sidney, The State Library of New South Wales – SAFE/RB/LQ0002/C
The most significant marginalia are not always the most spectacular. A reader approaching
the Siena copy of the HP will be struck by the beauty of the illustrations and the refinement
of the hand. The architectural sketches are executed to a standard not found in any other
copy.
Detail, c7r
Precise, orthagonal diagrams lie alongside notes in a carefu...
Russell, PhD Thesis, p. 215 (Ch. 8)
Hand Primary: Pope Alexander VII (Fabio Chigi)
Marginal Note
204
9
Siena, Biblioteca degli Intronati – O.III.38, and
Sidney, The State Library of New South Wales – SAFE/RB/LQ0002/C
The most significant marginalia are not always the most spectacular. A reader approaching
the Siena copy of the HP will be struck by the beauty of the illustrations and the refinement
of the hand. The architectural sketches are executed to a standard not found in any other
copy.
Detail, c7r
Precise, orthagonal diagrams lie alongside notes in a carefu...
Russell, PhD Thesis, p. 215 (Ch. 8)
Marginal Note
“aedificio antiquario inseme cum molti altri arbusculi murali”
scribe it perfectly,] especially since in
our time the proper vernacular and native terms peculiar to the art of architecture are buried and
extinct, along with the true men. (G 31)
Even so, the next marginalium to appear is a remark on the use of obsidian stone, which
could just as well be a natural-historical remark as an architectural one. On the image of the
elephant and obelisk, the annotator writes ‘obsidie’ next to the phrase ‘Elephante di nigricãte
petri, piu che obsidio’. By ...
Russell, PhD Thesis, p. 128 (Ch. 6)
Hand Primary: Pope Alexander VII (Fabio Chigi)
Marginal Note
204
9
Siena, Biblioteca degli Intronati – O.III.38, and
Sidney, The State Library of New South Wales – SAFE/RB/LQ0002/C
The most significant marginalia are not always the most spectacular. A reader approaching
the Siena copy of the HP will be struck by the beauty of the illustrations and the refinement
of the hand. The architectural sketches are executed to a standard not found in any other
copy.
Detail, c7r
Precise, orthagonal diagrams lie alongside notes in a carefu...
Russell, PhD Thesis, p. 215 (Ch. 8)
Hand Primary: Pope Alexander VII (Fabio Chigi)
Marginal Note
204
9
Siena, Biblioteca degli Intronati – O.III.38, and
Sidney, The State Library of New South Wales – SAFE/RB/LQ0002/C
The most significant marginalia are not always the most spectacular. A reader approaching
the Siena copy of the HP will be struck by the beauty of the illustrations and the refinement
of the hand. The architectural sketches are executed to a standard not found in any other
copy.
Detail, c7r
Precise, orthagonal diagrams lie alongside notes in a carefu...
Russell, PhD Thesis, p. 215 (Ch. 8)