Dorothea Broccardi was a fifteenth-century Clarissine nun, copyist, and limner.
Biography
editBroccardi was a nun of the Poor Clare order in San Lino, Volterra.[1] Like many members of her community, she worked as a scribe, copyist, and limner.[2] According to historian Marilyn Dunn, "Her miniatures emphasize iconography over artistic aesthetics, presenting saintly models for the nuns."[3]
She collaborated closely with Marianus of Florence.[2] As his amanuensis, she copied his works, chose their titles, and illustrated them in watercolor.[1] Works copied and illuminated by Broccardi, identifiable by her Dorothea scripsit signature,[4] include:
- Libro dell’Ordine di Santa Chiara[5]
- Libro delle degnità (MS Volterra, Biblioteca Guarnacchi 6146)[2]
- Vita di San Francesco (MS Volterra, Biblioteca Guarnacchi 5966)[1][2]
- Via spirituale (MS Volterra, Biblioteca Guarnacchi 6359)[1][2]
- Vita del beato Giovanni di Capestrano (MS Volterra, Biblioteca Guarnacchi 6147)[1][2]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e Knox, L. S. (1 January 2008). Creating Clare of Assisi. Brill. pp. 146–217. ISBN 978-90-474-4306-3. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f Roest, Bert (1 January 2013). "Forms of Literary and Artistic Expression". Order and Disorder: The Poor Clares between Foundation and Reform. Brill. pp. 283–345. ISBN 978-90-04-24475-7. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
- ^ Dunn, Marilyn (2013). "Convent Creativity". The Ashgate Research Companion to Women and Gender in Early Modern Europe. Routledge. doi:10.4324/9781315613765-5/convent-creativity-marilyn-dunn (inactive 2 November 2024). ISBN 978-1-315-61376-5. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of November 2024 (link) - ^ Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). . Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
- ^ de Miranda, Walter Luiz Lopes (2020). "Mulheres pintoras através dos tempos: Pré-História até Idade Média". Khronos (in Italian) (10): 1–27. Retrieved 6 January 2024.