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Published by Palermo, Michele Amenta, 1888. Diplomi Greci con le Versioni Latini del Secolo XVII. Palermo, 1887., 1888
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Amico, Antonino & Raffaele Starrabba (Editors.) I Diplomi della Cattedrale di Messina Raccolti da Antinino Amico pubblicati da un Codice della Biblioteca Comunale di Palermo. Palermo, Michele Amenta, 1888. 2 vols. 4to. I: clxviii + 333p; II: (2)p + pp337-523. Half vellum gilt. An important source… on the early history of Sicily. Antonino Amico was born in 1586, lived in Spain and became Royal Historian to Philip IV. An assiduous researcher into the history of Sicily, he wrote Chronologia de los Virreyes, Presidentes de Sicilia in 1640, was wrongly accused of falsehoods and died in prison in 1641. The work was written in the 17th century but its authorshop is questioned. The documents transcribed, a total of 330, cover the period 1087-1585. Listed under Documenti per Servire all Storia di Sicilia Pubblicati a Cura della Società Siciliana per la Storia Patria. Prima Serie - Diplomatica . Contains indices to both volumes published as part of this series.