Angelo Maria Bandini (25 September 1726 – 1803) was an Italian

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and

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born in

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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

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, and showed a special inclination for the study of antiquities. In 1747 he undertook a journey to

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with the bishop of Volterra, for whom he acted in the capacity of secretary. He was introduced to the emperor and took the opportunity of dedicating to that monarch his ''Specimen Litteraturae Florentinae,'' which was then printed at

. On his return he took

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, and settled in

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, passing the whole of his time in the library of the

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, and in those of the cardinals Passionei and Corsini. The famous

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, at that time removed from the ruins of

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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 bequeathed to the public by abbott Marucelli. In 1756 he was assigned by the emperor to a

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at Florence, and appointed principal librarian to the

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, vacant with the death of Antonio Maria Biscioni. 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 Year 181 ( CLXXXI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Aurelius and Burrus (or, less frequently, year 934 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 181 for this ye ...

, 186, 187, 190, 191, 197,

198 __NOTOC__ Year 198 (CXCVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Sergius and Gallus (or, less frequently, year 951 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 198 fo ...

, 363,

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, 833, 834, 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 (4 January 1489 – 18 December 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

References

External links

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Online biography
(in Italian) {{DEFAULTSORT:Bandini Angelo Maria 1726 births 1803 deaths Writers from Florence 18th-century Italian writers 18th-century Italian male writers Italian librarians Writers from the Grand Duchy of Tuscany