The manuscript production

Within little more than 2 years the library was stocked with about 200 carefully chosen autors and titles. The majority of the necessary manuscripts had to be produced on purpose, coming mostly out of the bookshop of the famous Florentine bookseller Vespasiano da Bisticci. Vespasiano employed up to 45 scribes to fulfil the needs of his clientele. The clear humanist handwriting is typical for books coming out of his shop. Additionally, he had miniature painters working for him, like Riccardo di ser Nanni and Francesco Antonio del Chierico.

Renaissance book binding (Livy, Decades. Fiesolano 182)

Renaissance book binding (Livy, Decades. Fiesolano 182)

Dionysius the Areopagite (Fies 47)

Dionysius the Areopagite, with illustrations by Francesco del Chierico (Fiesolano 47)

S. Jerome (Fies 27)

S. Jerome, with illustrations by Riccardo di ser Nanni (Fiesolano 27)

S. Augustine (Fies 10)

S. Augustine, with illustrations by by Riccardo di ser Nanni (Fiesolano 10)