BRB1137

Title

Subject

Description

In the exhibited 1688 biography of the Blessed Zita of Lucca, who in 1696 would be canonized as a saint, the artist signed the frontispiece engraving (in translation) "Sister Isabella Piccini, Franciscan nun of Santa Croce in Venice, engraved this."

Creator

Fatinellis, Fatinellus de, 1627–1719 and Piccini, Isabella, 1644–1734.

Source

BRB1137. Fatinellus de Fatinellis (1627–1719). Vita beatae Zitae virginis Lucensis, ex vetustissimo codice
m.s. fidelitèr transumpta. Ferrara: Typographia Filoniana, 1688.

Relation

Later Printers

Format

Displayed as .jpg

Language

Latin

Type

Biography

Collection

Fifty Women

Citation

Fatinellis, Fatinellus de, 1627–1719 and Piccini, Isabella, 1644–1734. , “BRB1137,” Bridwell Library Special Collections Exhibitions, accessed December 9, 2025, https://bridwell.omeka.net/items/show/1600.