Il contributo di Vespasiano da Bisticci all’"Oratio funebris" per Giannozzo Pandolfini

Abstract

In the fall of 1456 the Florentine Chevalier Giannozzo Pandolfini died. In addition to ritual ceremonies, the celebration of the deceased included sending consolatory epistles to the first-born Pandolfo Pandolfini and the “publication” of a funeral oration written by Giannozzo Manetti. The Oratio is the result of a particular collaboration between the humanist, who resided in Naples, and Vespasiano da Bisticci, a well-known Florentine bookbinder. The following article intends to study Vespasian’s contribution in the Oratio, both analysing its relationship with his Vite and looking at the collaborations Vespasian established with other contemporaries in drafting the commemorative work. 

Keywords: Vespasiano da Bisticci, Giannozzo Manetti, Florence, Giannozzo Pandolfini, Oratio funebris.