Huck
Hi Ross,
probably you remember "Nicolo da Fabriano" as the peacemaking "altre fabricante die carta" in Bologna in the brawl of some playing card
producers in Bologna in the year 1427.
http://trionfi.com/0/l/51-bologna/
Probably you also remember the "Mantovani" (or similar written Mantuan, Mantoani), mentioned in the article of Gherardo Ortalli, who somehow imported a card printing press around the year 1436/37 and variously appeared in the Ferrarese documents.
http://trionfi.com/0/p/04/
"un debito di 13 lire e 7 soldi contratto da Bartolomeo con il cartolaio Nicolo d Fabriano" (refers to "Tesi Blason Berton No 543" ?) at p. 171 in the internet document
http://www.noalenostra.org/noalenostra/visita/Pietro_da_Noale.pdf
Cartolaio means (nowadays) "stationer", so we must probably imagine, that Niccolo (if this is the same man) is a paper trader from Fabriano, the city with the best paper. As the relevant family is of some importance at the university of Padova, it seems, that he trades paper for the university use.
"Bartolomeo" seems to be Bartolomeo Francesco Mantovani (or "Noale"; Noale is the name of a location between Venice and Padova) (1408 - 1451) doct. art. et. med (married Maddalena Cavedon and Margherita Brazolo), son of the notaio Alberto Mantovani (died 1439/40)
compare family tree at p. 176 in Internet document.
There is a familiary contact mentioned to a German/Dutch student in the years 1433-1437: Gisbert Hambruch of Breda, son of Guglielmo (which should be Wilhelm). Another German name is Enrico Phippen figlio de Adriano = Henricus Phippen de Zevenberghen = de Septemmontibus (Zevenberghe is a location near Breda), of relevance for the year 1433. p. 158/159
Of this both Gisbert seems to have been in unclear manner active in the contratto to the cartolaio Nicolo da Fabriano.
The Mantovani/Noale family is called "una famiglia di medici a Padova nel XV Secolo"
At
http://www.noalenostra.org/noalenostra/visita/libro3.pdf (same domain)
Bartholomeo also is noted, now as "Bartholomeo Montagnana" (Montagnano is another city in the region)
Well, there are doubts, if this Mantagnano and the Mantovani from Ortalli are really related. The Ortalli-Mantovani is around 1450 in Sassuoli, relative far away from Ferrara (in the south of Modena) and much more far from Padova.
It is a little bit curious, that someone orders in Ferrara some printing from Sassuoli.
Generally the name "Niccolo da Fabriano" is not rare, I found at least 4 different of them.
probably you remember "Nicolo da Fabriano" as the peacemaking "altre fabricante die carta" in Bologna in the brawl of some playing card
producers in Bologna in the year 1427.
http://trionfi.com/0/l/51-bologna/
Probably you also remember the "Mantovani" (or similar written Mantuan, Mantoani), mentioned in the article of Gherardo Ortalli, who somehow imported a card printing press around the year 1436/37 and variously appeared in the Ferrarese documents.
http://trionfi.com/0/p/04/
"un debito di 13 lire e 7 soldi contratto da Bartolomeo con il cartolaio Nicolo d Fabriano" (refers to "Tesi Blason Berton No 543" ?) at p. 171 in the internet document
http://www.noalenostra.org/noalenostra/visita/Pietro_da_Noale.pdf
Cartolaio means (nowadays) "stationer", so we must probably imagine, that Niccolo (if this is the same man) is a paper trader from Fabriano, the city with the best paper. As the relevant family is of some importance at the university of Padova, it seems, that he trades paper for the university use.
"Bartolomeo" seems to be Bartolomeo Francesco Mantovani (or "Noale"; Noale is the name of a location between Venice and Padova) (1408 - 1451) doct. art. et. med (married Maddalena Cavedon and Margherita Brazolo), son of the notaio Alberto Mantovani (died 1439/40)
compare family tree at p. 176 in Internet document.
There is a familiary contact mentioned to a German/Dutch student in the years 1433-1437: Gisbert Hambruch of Breda, son of Guglielmo (which should be Wilhelm). Another German name is Enrico Phippen figlio de Adriano = Henricus Phippen de Zevenberghen = de Septemmontibus (Zevenberghe is a location near Breda), of relevance for the year 1433. p. 158/159
Of this both Gisbert seems to have been in unclear manner active in the contratto to the cartolaio Nicolo da Fabriano.
The Mantovani/Noale family is called "una famiglia di medici a Padova nel XV Secolo"
At
http://www.noalenostra.org/noalenostra/visita/libro3.pdf (same domain)
Bartholomeo also is noted, now as "Bartholomeo Montagnana" (Montagnano is another city in the region)
Well, there are doubts, if this Mantagnano and the Mantovani from Ortalli are really related. The Ortalli-Mantovani is around 1450 in Sassuoli, relative far away from Ferrara (in the south of Modena) and much more far from Padova.
It is a little bit curious, that someone orders in Ferrara some printing from Sassuoli.
Generally the name "Niccolo da Fabriano" is not rare, I found at least 4 different of them.