An Italian, Teseo Pini, wrote between 1484 and 1486 a book claiming to expose the tricks practised by organized beggars of various types. From what we know, there was fierce competition on the streets of Renaissance Europe for the attention of charity givers. Among the players were not just panhandlers and scammers, but also Franciscan friars and unemployed university graduates.
Pini's book, De Ceretanorum Origine Eorumque Fallaciis, became something of a best-seller and the Vatican Library has just digitized a late copy, Urb.lat.1217. It describes about about 40 types of alleged "cerretani" (charlatans, impostors) and their Italian jargon (instead of the Mafia term capo, they said imperatore for the boss of a gang, fol. 64r).
From Roberto Rusconi I read that one group, the Acconi, carried round images painted on wood of a boy, Simon of Trent, allegedly murdered by Jews. They sang anti-Jewish songs and hymns to the Virgin Mary. When the punters fell for this (usually when coming out of church) and the take in donations was good, the Acconi's Italian phrase for success translated as: "We seized our birds."
In the past week, 18 manuscripts were digitized and put online. The full list:
Pini's book, De Ceretanorum Origine Eorumque Fallaciis, became something of a best-seller and the Vatican Library has just digitized a late copy, Urb.lat.1217. It describes about about 40 types of alleged "cerretani" (charlatans, impostors) and their Italian jargon (instead of the Mafia term capo, they said imperatore for the boss of a gang, fol. 64r).
From Roberto Rusconi I read that one group, the Acconi, carried round images painted on wood of a boy, Simon of Trent, allegedly murdered by Jews. They sang anti-Jewish songs and hymns to the Virgin Mary. When the punters fell for this (usually when coming out of church) and the take in donations was good, the Acconi's Italian phrase for success translated as: "We seized our birds."
In the past week, 18 manuscripts were digitized and put online. The full list:
- Ott.lat.2836,
- Ross.90, book of hours?
- Ross.105, Ross.105 is another 15th C Book of Hours, probably Lombardy— AaronM (@gundormr) March 3, 2019
Ross.90 is a German BoH according to Morello, 15th C, no other info - Urb.lat.613,
- Urb.lat.977,
- Urb.lat.1112 (Upgraded to HQ), dated 1648
- Urb.lat.1118,
- Urb.lat.1217, aboveDai sedicenti medici ai falsi profeti, descrizione di circa 40 tipi di "cerretani" (ciarlatani, impostori) e delle loro frodi e inganni nel "De Ceretanorum Origine Eorumque Fallaciis” di Teseo Pini (c. 1484) #LatestDigitizedManuscripts🧙🏻♂️🧞♂️ https://t.co/cdY3WXTEBQ pic.twitter.com/pLW4la8wTz— Digita Vaticana (@DigitaVaticana) February 26, 2019
- Urb.lat.1231 (Upgraded to HQ), on fencing, sadly no illustrations.Urb. Lat. 1231, early 1600s: Discorso del gioco di spada dell'Orafo di Cremona. #Italian #manuscript on #fencing: teachings on rapier, rapier and dagger, rapier and cloak, rapier and shield, additional teachings ⚔🤺⚔ https://t.co/psSQuCSGpm pic.twitter.com/2o86E1L0ud— Digita Vaticana (@DigitaVaticana) February 27, 2019
- Urb.lat.1274,
- Urb.lat.1441,
- Urb.lat.1452,
- Vat.lat.4058,
- Vat.lat.4146,
- Vat.lat.4605 (Upgraded to HQ),
- Vat.lat.4640,
- Vat.lat.4708,
- Vat.lat.4713,
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