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Artists and Persons in Trionfi-documents (1441 - 1463)

Persons in documents outside of Ferrara

With one exemption (Bianca Maria Visconti in Document B) the following persons are not refering to the well documented Trionfi situation in Ferrara. Cause the rarity these documents and the related persons are of special interest.

Burchiello, poet and barber in Florence in A
Bianca Maria Visconti (daughter of Filippo Maria Visconti) in B 08
Marcello (Jacopo Antonio Marcello, Venetian provveditore), in 03
Cichus (= Francescus Simonetta, chief secretary of Francesco Sforza) in 06
Tristano Sforza (son of Francesco Sforza, marries later Beatrice, girlfriend of Bianca Maria Visconti in 1441 in Ferrara) in 06
Francesco Sforza (condottieri, duke of Milano 1450 - 1466) in 06 08
Antonio Trecho (treasurer of Francesco Sforza) appears in dokument 06
Sigismondo Malatesta (condottieri, Lord of Rimini) appears in dokument 08

Ferrarese Documents (main persons)

In the documents usually three roles appear: The commissioner, the tarot painter and the person, which did administrate the payments. All 3 roles are mainly taken by 2 persons, Borso follows Leonello in the role of the commissioner (1450), Gherardo da Vicenza replaces Sagramoro as the maior painter (1456/1457), Galioto de l'Assasino is exchanged by Piedro de Schieveto in the administrive function.

Leonello d'Este (refered to with "our Lord", reigned 1441 - 1450) in 01 02
Galioto de l'Asassino (chamberlain of Leonello d'Este, active till 1457) in 01 04 07 12 16 17                          
Sagramoro (Jacopo de Sagramoro), the first Trionfi-painter, active till 1456) in B 01 04 07 09 10 15 18

Borso d'Este (refered to with "illustrious Lord" etc., reigned 1450 - 1471) in 07 09 10 11 12 15 16 17 19 21 23 24 25 27
Piedro de Schieveto (gets the role of Galioto, active since 1454) in 10 15 16 18 21 23 24 25 26
Gerardo di Andrea da Vicenza (active as Trionfi painter since 1457) in 16 17 18 21 22 23 24 25 26 27  

Ferrarese Documents (minor persons with special function)

Sigismondo d'Este (9-years-old brother of Ercole and Leonello d'Este), 1442, in 02
Ercole d'Este (refered to as Messer Erchules, 11-years-old brother of Leonello, later duke of Ferrara), 1442, in 02
Burdochi, merchant from Bologna) 1442, in 02
Iacomo guerzo (Iacomo "cross-eyed, servant) 1442, in 02
Nicolo (Maestro Nicolo) 1454, in 10
Messore (Don Messore, 1454, painted serial Trionfi cards) in 11 12
Obizzo the Saracen, 1454 (merchant) in 11
Giovanni de Lazzora 1454 (painted serial Trionfi cards) in 12 13
Ugo Trotti (Ferrarese jurist, 1456, a professor of canon law) in 14
Giovanni de Romio, 1456, in 15
Petrecino (page of the Lord, experimented with painting Trionfi cards), 1457, in 17
Anselino di Salimbeni, 1459, in 19
Piero Andrea da le Fenestre, 1459, in 19
Giovanni Antonio di Dischalzi, 1460, in 21
Polismagna (translator of Decembrio's Vita de Filippo Maria Visconti ), in 28