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Pierluigi Terenzi, “Vincenzo di Basilio”,
Encyclopedia of the Medieval Chronicle,
R.G. Dunphy ed.
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Vincenzo di Basilio
[di Bernardino da Collebrincioni]
15th–16th century. Italy. Born in Collebrin-cioni, near L’Aquila, he wrote a chronicle of this town from 1476 to 1529. Nothing is known about his life and status in society. The chronicle begins with the assassinations of certain eminent people in 1476, and it continues from 1485 with the nar-ration of the most important political events. It ends with the suppression of the revolt of L’Aquila against the Spanish army, by the Prince of Orange in 1529. The chronicle was continued by Simone
Caprini until 1563. Vincenzo di Basilio wrote this chronicle in a very simple style, almost annalistic and without passing any judgement on the facts he narrated. The original manuscript and the cop-ies made by Francesc’Antonio Cesura and Giovan Felice Rizii in the 17th century are lost.
Bibliography
Text: G. Pansa, Quattro cronache e due diarii
inediti relativi ai fatti dell’Aquila, 1902, 65–98.
Literature: RepFont 11, 367.