Angelo Maria Bandini (25 September 1726 – 1803) was an Italian
author
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and
librarian
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born in
Florence
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.
Biography
Orphan since infancy, Angelo Maria was supported by his uncle,
Giuseppe Bandini, a lawyer of some note. He was initially educated among the
Jesuits
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, and showed a special inclination for the study of antiquities. In 1747 he undertook a journey to
Vienna
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with the
bishop of Volterra
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. On his return he took
holy orders, and settled in
Rome
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, passing the whole of his time in the library of the
Vatican
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, and in those of the cardinals
Passionei and
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.
The famous
obelisk
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of
Augustus
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, at that time removed from the ruins of
Campus Martius
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, was described by Bandini in a learned folio volume entitled ''De Obelisco Augusti''. Shortly after, he was compelled to leave Rome on account of his health and returned to Florence, where he was appointed librarian to the valuable
Biblioteca Marucelliana
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History
The library was opened to the public on September 18 ...
bequeathed to the public by
abbott Marucelli. In 1756 he was assigned by the emperor to a
prebend
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at Florence, and appointed principal librarian to the
Laurentian Library, vacant with the death of
Antonio Maria Biscioni
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. Over forty-four years he continued to discharge the duties of this appointment, and died in 1803, generally esteemed and missed. On his deathbed he founded a public school and bequeathed the remainder of his fortune to other charitable purposes.
Bandini described some biblical manuscripts:
181
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,
186
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,
187
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,
190
Year 190 (Roman numerals, CXC) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Aurelius and Sura (or, less frequently, year 943 ''Ab ...
,
191
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,
197
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,
198,
363
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,
832,
833
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Events
By place Byzantine Empire
* Byzantine-Arab War: Emperor Theophilos signs an armistice for p ...
,
834
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Events
By place Europe
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,
835,
ℓ ''117'', and
ℓ ''118''.
Works
The most important of his numerous works are the ''Catalogus Codd. MSS. Graec., Lat., Ital., Bib., Laurent.'', 8 vols (1767–1778), and the ''Vita e Lettere d'Amerigo Vespucci'', 1745.
''Catalogus codicum manuscriptorum graecorum, latinorum, italicorum etc, Bibliothecae Mediceae Laurentianae''(1767–1778)
* ''Catalogus codicum bibliothecae Laurentianae'' 3. (Florentiae 1770)
* ''Catalogus codicum manuscriptorum latinorum Bibliothecae Mediceae Laurentianae'' (1774)
''Dissertazione sopra un antica tavoletta di avorio a il signor Cardinal Angelo Maria Querini''(1747)
''Vita di Filippo Strozzi''(1756), regarding
Filippo Strozzi the Younger
Filippo Strozzi the Younger (January 4, 1489 – December 18, 1538) was a Florentine banker, and the most famous member of the Strozzi family in the Renaissance. He is best remembered as a tragic hero and defender of the lost Florentine republic ...
''Memorie per servire alla vita del senatore Pier Vettori''(1756), regarding
Pier Vettori
Piero or Pietro Vettori (Latin: Petrus Victorius) (1499 – 8 December 1585) was an Italian writer, philologist and humanist.
Life
Vettori was born in Florence and in his life dealt with numerous matters, from agriculture to sciences, from rhe ...
References
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External links
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Online biography(in Italian)
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1726 births
1803 deaths
Writers from Florence
18th-century Italian writers
18th-century Italian male writers
Italian librarians