magliabechian

Updated: May 12, 2025

The original MS. of Roger's work is said to be still in existence in the Magliabechian Library in Florence, but it has never been published in its original form.

Henry E. (Henry Ebenezer) Handerson - Gilbertus Anglicus: Medicine of the Thirteenth Century

Both his letter and his copy of Verrazzano's were intended to be shown to his Florentine acquaintances. Copies, as is usual in such cases, were taken of them; and to us it seems evident that from some one of these the copy in the Magliabechian manuscript was derived.

Henry Cruse Murphy - The Voyage of Verrazzano : A Chapter in the Early History of Maritime Discovery in America

But before proceeding to that question, the reasons assigned by Mr. Greene, and some incidental facts stated by him in connection with them, should be given. He says: "The Strozzi Library is no longer in existence; but the manuscripts of that collection passed into the hands of the Tuscan government, and were divided between the Magliabechian and Laurentian libraries of Florence.

Henry Cruse Murphy - The Voyage of Verrazzano : A Chapter in the Early History of Maritime Discovery in America