The Venetian Chronicle in Codex It. VII. 794 (8503) at Marciana National Library – Ascribed to Giorgio Delfino (Dolfin) and Transcribed by Nicolò Gussoni
The Venetian Chronicle in Codex It. VII. 794 (8503) at Marciana National Library – Ascribed to Giorgio Delfino (Dolfin) and Transcribed by Nicolò Gussoni

Summary/Abstract: Among the around 1,000 codices representing the Venetian chronicles writtenbetween the 11th and 18th centuries, we selected the chronicle ascribed to Zorzi Dolfin.The present paper focuses upon manuscript M 794 at Marciana National Library inVenice, usually ascribed to Zorzi Dolfin, a character that lived in the 15th century.According to our examination, it results that this ascription should be reconsidered, sincethere is no evidence to prove it definitely. Moreover, it results that the 16th century copier Nicolò Gussoni should be regarded as the author of this chronicle, by relying upon thechronicle indeed written by Z. Dolfin a century before. Beside these clarificationsreferring to the paternity and dating of the chronicle inserted in manuscript M 794, thepaper insists also upon the sources and influences that this work had in connection withother Venetian chronicles.

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