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Albertacci, Vespasiano (called Anfiareo)

ALBERTACCI, VESPASIANO (DETTO AMFIAREO)

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ALBERTACCI, Vespasiano (called Anfiareo). - Franciscan, calligrapher, b. in Ferrara and active in the second half of the 16th century. From the age of 14 he lived in Venice, where he taught for thirty years. His writings are collected in the Metodo et esemplare per lo scrivere majuscolo, dedicated to Doge Francesco Donati, compiled in 1572 and published in Venice in 1589. Merino, in his Escuela paleografica, considers him the best calligrapher of his time.

Bibliography

BIBL.: Anon., s. v. Amfiareo in Thieme-Becker, I, p. 404.

Tomaso M. Gallino

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I (1948), col. 673.

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Tomaso M. Gallino. “Albertacci, vespasiano (detto amfiareo).” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I, col. 673. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1948. https://azioneromana.com/article/albertacci-vespasiano-detto-amfiareo.

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Tomaso M. Gallino. “Albertacci, vespasiano (detto amfiareo).” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1948, col. 673. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/albertacci-vespasiano-detto-amfiareo.

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@incollection{ec1_albertacci_vespasiano_detto_am,
  author    = {Tomaso M. Gallino},
  title     = {Albertacci, vespasiano (detto amfiareo)},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {I},
  pages     = {673},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1948},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/albertacci-vespasiano-detto-amfiareo}
}

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