Filippo Maria Visconti & the Astrologer

Teheuti

I have no idea what book this came from. It's probably an Italian 19th century history of Lombardy. But I thought the image would be of interest in that it focuses on FM Visconti's interest in astrology.
fmvisconti-e-l-astrologo.jpg


It's found here:
http://msimonetta.web.wesleyan.edu/wescourses/2002s/ital233/01/gallery.htm

I hope someone can figure out what book it is from.
 

Ross G Caldwell

I think it's from a book by Francesco Bertolini, Storia d'Italia: Il rinascimento e le signorie italiane (1300-1530), published in 1894. I'm not sure, as the book doesn't seem to be available on line, but my notes seem to indicate it (it's been years since I looked it up).

Many of the other engravings in the book were done by Lodovico Pogliaghi - you can see his monogram that looks like capital P and L combined, in the engraving for the "Morte di Gian Maria Visconti" for instance -
http://msimonetta.web.wesleyan.edu/wescourses/2002s/ital233/01/Timeline/marcello8.jpg

For our FM Visconti one, I don't know who the initials "MS" stand for.

Ross
 

Teheuti

Thanks, Ross. I was wondering if the book discusses Filippo Maria's interest in astrology or if it was only alluded to in the picture.

Mary