14-09-2022, 08:46 PM
(14-09-2022, 08:40 PM)Mark Knowles wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.(14-09-2022, 07:18 PM)R. Sale wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.Francesco Barbavera was an advisor to Gian Galeazzo Visconti, as you know.
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It is important to note that they were 2 Francesco Barbavara's both very closely related.(Uncle and Nephew). The Francesco Barbavara who effectively ran the administration of Duke of Milan, Gian Galeazzo Visconti, is elder of the two. He died in 1415. The Francesco Barbavara that I refer to with respect to the authorship of the Voynich manuscript was Ducal Secretary to Duke of Milan, Filippo Maria Visconti, from 1425 and ran the Milanese Chancellery.
The most complete biographies that can be found easily online for each Francesco Barbavara and also for Marcolino Barbavara are on the Treccani website and are in Italian.