On Famous Women

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...and finally, the Giunti The Giunti family were a major printing dynasty in Florence during the 16th century, known for their high-quality editions of classical and Renaissance literature. in Florence reproduced the translation by Betussi Giuseppe Betussi (c. 1512–c. 1573) was a prolific writer and translator of Boccaccio's Latin works into the Italian vernacular. in 1596 with the additions by Serdonati Francesco Serdonati (born c. 1540), a Florentine scholar and grammarian who updated Betussi’s work by adding biographies of women from the 14th to the 16th centuries., who wrote of the Illustrious Women who flourished from the time of Boccaccio until his own days; and this edition was dedicated to Christina of Lorraine, Grand Duchess of Tuscany Christina of Lorraine (1565–1637) was the granddaughter of Catherine de' Medici and the powerful consort of Grand Duke Ferdinando I.. And so much for the translations known through printing.

Regarding those that still remain unpublished in the archives, only two can be counted: that of Sassetti of Florence Francesco Sassetti (1421–1490) was an influential banker for the Medici and a notable humanist book collector., located in the Medicean-Laurentian Library, of which Manni speaks in the History of the Decameron, as well as Father Montfaucon Bernard de Montfaucon (1655–1741) was a Benedictine monk and a founding figure in the study of ancient manuscripts and archaeology. (*) and Negri Giulio Negri (1648–1720) was a Jesuit priest and bibliographer who compiled records of Florentine authors. (**); and the other by Master Donato of Casentino. Two copies of this translation exist in the Royal Library of Turin; the first of which was written in the 14th century in a paper Codex original: Codice papiraceo. While "papiraceo" literally means "papyrus-like," in 14th-century contexts it refers to early handmade paper, distinguishing it from parchment. in very beautiful handwriting and adorned with gold leaf; and the second also written on parchment in the 15th century.

But besides these two codices cited by—