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Around the same time the Visconti Book of Hours was commissioned, extreme measures were in motion to take control of the rapidly spreading Black Death. Duke Bernabo Visconti was the first to enact strict quarantine laws in the city of Milan. After Bernabo’s death, Gian Galeazzo took over Plague control in 1399.
Apr 15, 2024 · Visconti family. Gian Galeazzo Visconti (born 1351, Milan—died Sept. 3, 1402, Melegnano, near Milan) was a Milanese leader who brought the Visconti dynasty to the height of its power and almost succeeded in becoming the ruler of all northern Italy. The son of Galeazzo II Visconti, who shared the rule of Milan with his brother Bernabò, Gian ...
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Jun 25, 2021 · This dissertation is an extended examination of the 14th-century portion of a Book of Hours (Florence, Bibl. naz., Banco Rari 397 and Landau-Finaly 22) commissioned by Giangaleazzo Visconti, lord of Milan from 1378 to 1402, and completed for his son, Filippo Maria, probably in the late 1420s.
- Plummer, J. (n50020156)
- Thesis
- Kirsch, Edith W.
- 1981
The Italian despot Gian Galeazzo Visconti, Duke of Milan (1351-1402), succeeded in conquering most of northern Italy in his ambitious attempt to place the entire Italian peninsula under his control. Gian Galeazzo Visconti was born on Oct. 16, 1351. He was the only son of Galeazzo II, who ruled the family's Milanese territories jointly with his ...
Jan 23, 2011 · From this source: The Visconti Book of Hours after. 1430 Vellum, 25 x 17,9 cm Biblioteca Nazionale, Florence Giovannino de'Grassi began illuminating this two-volume prayer-book for Gian Galeazzo Visconti; but it was a long time after they both were dead that the work was completed by Luchino Belbello da Pavia and his assistants.
The Hours of Giangaleazzo Visconti (Florence, Biblioteca Nazionale, Banco Rari 397 and Landau-Finaly 22) is a Roman-liturgy, illuminated Book of Hours in Latin, which was commissioned by the ruler of Milan, Gian Galeazzo Visconti, in Italy in the late 14th century.
Gian Galeazzo Visconti , was the first duke of Milan and ruled the late-medieval city just before the dawn of the Renaissance. He also ruled Lombardy jointly with his uncle Bernabò. He was the founding patron of the Certosa di Pavia, completing the Visconti Castle at Pavia begun by his father and furthering work on the Duomo of Milan. He captured a large territory of Northern Italy and the Po ...
