1557
Chronology
1557
1557-06-05
in a letter dated 5 June 1557, Antonio Agustín explained to Onofrio Panvinio that he could identify the effacement of the name of Marc Anthony on the epigraph, perfectly matching what Cicero referred to in damantio memoriae: "Il rader il nome di M. Antonio fu fatto a posta come nelli libri di fasti facevano, et Cicerone voleva persuader si facesse contra Gabinio et Pisone se M. Catone non havesse contradetto."
1557-07-03
Agustín to Panvinio, 3 July 1557, ed. Carbonell, ‘Epigrafia’, 158: ‘“Andate adaggio et non correte in freta”, dice un certo madrigale, che vi canta Messer Angelo Massarello nella materia di cardinali’; [Bauer 2020: 96 n. 27]
[Bauer 2020: 96] FN 27: "Agustín to Panvinio, 3 July 1557, ed. Carbonell, ‘Epigrafia’, 158: ‘“Andate adaggio et non correte in freta”, dice un certo madrigale, che vi canta Messer Angelo Massarello nella materia di cardinali’; Massarelli to Panvinio, 13 November 1557, Vat. lat. 6412, fo. 12r: ‘ho trovato assai o vogliam dire scorrettioni o errori’."
1557-08-28
[Bauer 2020: 48] Pantagato writes to Panvinio about his book Romani pontefices …
"The Romani pontifices attracted some critical comments. Writing from Rome to Parma, Panvinio’s friend Ottavio Pantagato related three points of criticism which he had heard about without yet having seen the book. The first point was that under each pope, Panvinio re-listed the cardinals created by his predecessor if these were still alive; this led to unnecessary repetitions. Secondly, he had changed the numbers of certain popes contrary to com- mon usage. Thirdly, he had judged the actions of some popes negatively.[FN 139] A few months later, having seen the book, Pantagato added critical observations about the dates of the first leaders of the Church, referring in particular to Peter, Linus, and Clement.[FN 140]
FN 139: O. Pantagato to Panvinio, 28 August 1557, in id., ‘La correspondència’, ed. A. Soler i Nicolau, 2 vols (doctoral thesis, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 2000), i. 130: ‘vi fate arbitro de le attioni di essi pontefici con poco vantaggio loro’.
FN 140: Pantagato to Panvinio, late 1557, ibid. 140. For an attempt to censor this work in the Congregation of the Index of Prohibited Books see below, 164–166. For printed copies with handwritten corrections and additions in view of a possible second edition (which never came out) see MSS Rome, Biblioteca Casanatense, 829; Venice, Biblioteca Marciana, Marc. lat. IX 83 (3724)."
1557-11-05
Panvinio from Venice to Farnese in Parma
[Bauer 2020: 50] In these years, Panvinio also completed his Fasti and his Commentaries on the Roman Republic. To publish these works ‘with more accuracy’, as he said, Panvinio left Parma in October 1557 and moved to Venice. For the entire year of 1558 he was busy with their publication, for which the printer Vincenzo Valgrisi bore the costs.[FN 147:Panvinio, Creatio Pii IV, preface, 576; Panvinio (Venice) to Farnese, 5 November 1557, in Ronchini, ‘Panvinio’, 213–14.]
1557-11-27
Agustín to Panvinio
[Bauer 2020: 53]: It is often assumed that Strada had snatched the manuscript from Panvinio without his know- ledge; but as we learn from letters from Agustín to Panvinio, the two actu- ally had a contract. Agustín, a jurist, offered advice about the legal aspects of the question, saying he was ready to testify regarding the contract. He believed Panvinio could print a new edition of his own, but could not sell the same manuscript that he had sold to Strada to anyone else for three or four years.[FN 156: FN 156: Agustín to Panvinio, 27 November 1557, in id., Epistolario, 281. See also his letter of 11 December 1557, ibid. 283: ‘la fede del contratto col Strada vi mandarò’; letter of 5 February 1558, 289: ‘il testimonio per la stampa contra il Strada’.
1557-12-11
Agustín to Panvinio
[Bauer 2020: 53]: It is often assumed that Strada had snatched the manuscript from Panvinio without his know- ledge; but as we learn from letters from Agustín to Panvinio, the two actu- ally had a contract. Agustín, a jurist, offered advice about the legal aspects of the question, saying he was ready to testify regarding the contract. He believed Panvinio could print a new edition of his own, but could not sell the same manuscript that he had sold to Strada to anyone else for three or four years.[FN 156: FN 156: Agustín to Panvinio, 27 November 1557, in id., Epistolario, 281. See also his letter of 11 December 1557, ibid. 283: ‘la fede del contratto col Strada vi mandarò’; letter of 5 February 1558, 289: ‘il testimonio per la stampa contra il Strada’.