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Dorothea Broccardi

Dorothea Broccardi was a fifteenth-century Clarissine nun, copyist, and limner.

Biography

Broccardi was a nun of the Poor Clare order in San Lino, Volterra. Like many members of her community, she worked as a scribe, copyist, and limner. According to historian Marilyn Dunn, "Her miniatures emphasize iconography over artistic aesthetics, presenting saintly models for the nuns."

She collaborated closely with Marianus of Florence. As his amanuensis, she copied his works, chose their titles, and illustrated them in watercolor. Works copied and illuminated by Broccardi, identifiable by her signature, include:

  • (MS Volterra, Biblioteca Guarnacchi 6146)
  • (MS Volterra, Biblioteca Guarnacchi 5966)
  • (MS Volterra, Biblioteca Guarnacchi 6359)
  • (MS Volterra, Biblioteca Guarnacchi 6147)

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