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Florenus

Bologna · about 1700 to 1760

Historical maker

Named in 2 books.

What the books printed

A dictionary of violin makers, Stainer, C. (Cecie). London; New York: Novello, Ewer, 1896. Page 29, scan 37.
Florenus (Florinus), Guidantus or Florentus. A maker in Bologna about 1700-60. His instruments show a distinct decadence; the workmanship is …
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A dictionary of violin makers, Stainer, C. (Cecie). London: Novello, n.d. Page 29, scan 39. Held as more than one scan.
Florenus (Florinus), Guidantus or Florentus. A maker in Bologna about 1700-60. His instruments show a distinct decadence; the workmanship is …
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  • Entries from 2 books stand under this name, and nobody has judged yet whether they mean the same person.

Labels the books quote

  • "Guidantus Florenus, Bononiae, 170—" (A dictionary of violin makers, 1896)
  • "Guidantus Florenus, Bononiæ, 170—" (A dictionary of violin makers, n.d.)
  • "Guidantus Florenus, Bononiae, 170—" (A dictionary of violin makers, n.d.)

Same name

Whether any of these is the same person, the books do not say.

Same town, same time

35 other Bologna makers have a year in the 1700s. A few of them:

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