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Ambrosian Library
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Ambrosian Library (ămbrō`zhən), founded c.1605 in Milan by Cardinal Federigo Borromeo. It became one of the earliest libraries to be opened to the public. The library's collection is rich in classical manuscripts, notably Homer and Vergil, in incunabula, and in Oriental texts. It also contains Leonardo da Vinci's profusely illustrated Codex Atlanticus.
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1, 2, and 5), which he had hoped to dedicate to Leonello; Decembrio mentioned it in a 1447 list of his works, "partly finished, partly still incomplete" ("partim edita, partim adhuc imperfecta") in MS Milan Biblioteca Ambrosiana Z 184 sup.
Creating canons in fifteenth-century Ferrara: Angelo Decembrio's De ... by Celenza, Christopher S. / Renaissance Quarterly
49) A series of letters now in the Biblioteca Ambrosiana written between 1597 and 1600 relates to this commission.
Federico Barocci, Federico Borromeo, and the Oratorian Orbit * by Verstegen, Ian / Renaissance Quarterly
Lorenzo Martire in Venice, and now in Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Milan, A 125 sup.
Elections of Abbesses and Notions of Identity in Fifteenth- and ... by LOWE, KATE / Renaissance Quarterly
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