1. Add MS 8513
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 8513
- Title:
- PIRRO LIGORIO: Description of Tivoli and its villas; mid 16th cent. Italian. Copy, 18th cent. The description of the town of Tivoli and its Roman villas written by Pirro Ligorio (circa 1510-1583), architect and garden designer, painter, and antiquarian from Naples. Ligorio started escavating in Tivoli in 1549 at request of the governor of the town, Cardinal Ippolito d'Este (1509-1572). The text in the present MS. is a shorter version of that in Add. 22001, ff. 2-42. The MS. is listed in Palma di...
- Scope & Content:
- Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: 18th cent. Architecture: Archaeology: Antiquities: Ancient and Modern. City of Rome: Ippolito II d' Este, Cardinal of Ferrara; Archbishop of Milan: Pirro Ligorio, Architect and Antiquarian: Tivoli, Italy: Description of Tivoli and its villas addressed to Card. d'Este b...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English and Italian
- Date Range:
- 18th century
- Extent:
- 1 item