Some Notes about Bernardo Giustiniani’s De origine urbis Venetiarum
Some Notes about Bernardo Giustiniani’s De origine urbis Venetiarum

Summary/Abstract: The partial history of Venice from the origins to year 809 written by the patrician Bernardo Giustiniani is to be found as manuscript in codex Cicogna 1809 at Correr Civic Museum in Venice. Before being acquired by this institution, it had number 278 . The manuscript numbers 410 leaves, where two versions of this work are contained, separated by five blank leaves. It has been concluded that the first version (A), with no page numbers but counting 212 leaves, is subsequent to the second one (B) in this codex, which includes leaves 219r -401v6 . Although version A seems to be complete and better disposed, it has also the aspect of a working copy, because of the large number of erasures and corrections8 . However, in comparison, version B seems even more a draft of A and in addition it contains only books 1-7 and 10-15 of the work.

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