I have a query from a researcher trying to track down a reference to a Libri
degli Orti by a Benedetto Curtio Sinforiano which is referred to in relation
to the portrayal of a plant on the whell of a chariot which is part of an
Italian fountain. The context is involved with identifying whether the plant is a
pine or some other conifer and involves a mythological reference to the
goddess(?) Piti. The work he is translating is a fifteenth or sixteenth century
Italian work. Can any of you identify the work in question and the standardized
name of the author? Any help would be much appreciated.
Stanley H. Johnston, Jr., Ph.D., M.S.L.S.
Curator of Rare Books
The Holden Arboretum
9500 Sperry Road
Kirtland, Ohio 44094
phone: 440-946-4400
fax: 440-256-5836
working hours: 8:45 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday;
8:45 a.m. to 2:15 p.m. Friday
e-mail: stanley177@aol.com
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