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Montagnana, Domenico

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  1. The violin: its famous makers and their imitators (1909)

    Montagnana, Domenico, Cremona and Venice, Dominicus Montagnana Sub Signo 1700-1740. Pupil of Cremonae Venetiis 17— Antonio Stradivari. After leaving the workshop of his famous master,

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    1. Mezadri, Alessandro, Ferrara, 1690 – 1722. The pattern is inelegant, and the sound-holes too close.
    2. Mezadri, Francesco, Milan, about 1712.
    3. Mialfi, Joannes, 1769. The label is in Spanish. Ordinary character of work.
    4. Montagnana, Domenico, Cremona and Venice, Dominicus Montagnana Sub Signo 1700-1740. Pupil of Cremonae Venetiis 17— Antonio Stradivari. After leaving the workshop of his famous master,

  2. The violin: its famous makers and their imitators (1884)

    Montagnana, Domenico, Cremona and Venice, 1700—1740. Pupil of Antonio Stradivari After leaving the workshop of his famous master, he followed …

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    1. Meiberi, Francesco, Leghorn, 1750.
    2. Mezadri, Alessandro, Ferrara, 1690—1722. The pattern is inelegant, and the sound-holes too close.
    3. Mezadri, Francesco, Milan, about 1712.
    4. Montagnana, Domenico, Cremona and Venice, 1700—1740. Pupil of Antonio Stradivari After leaving the workshop of his famous master, he followed his art in Cremona. He afterwards removed to Venice, where Violin manufacture was in the most flourishing condition, and adopted the name of "Cremona" as the sign of his house. In days when houses were unnumbered, tradesmen were found by their sign, and they were often puzzled to select one

Named in 2 books printed between 1884 and 1909. Read by software from scans of those pages, not yet checked by a person against the page. Entries from 2 books stand under this name, and the software judged them near-certain the same person. Tell us if that is wrong and we will split the record.

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Record note

The violin: its famous makers and their imitators (1884); The violin: its famous makers and their imitators (1909) is what this record is built on, nothing more. Entries from 2 books stand under this name, and the software judged them near-certain the same person. Tell us if that is wrong and we will split the record. No claim beyond that naming has been invented here, so not established is the honest state of the record — tell us if you can change it.

What the books say

Places and dates of work
Montagnana, Domenico, Cremona and Venice, 1700—1740. Pupil of Antonio Stradivari After leaving the workshop of his famous master, he followed … reported1
Places and dates of work
Montagnana, Domenico, Cremona and Venice, Dominicus Montagnana Sub Signo 1700-1740. Pupil of Cremonae Venetiis 17— Antonio Stradivari. After leaving the workshop of his famous master, reported1

How the pages were read

2 of the 2 lines here were read from machine text (software that turns a photo of a page into words), not by a person looking at the page image. 2 of them rest on a section heading above a list of names, not on a trade word printed on their own line: “SECTION XII.—ENGLISH MAKERS.”, “THE VIOLIN AND ITS FAMOUS MAKERS.”.

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The books behind this record

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  1. Hart, George, 1839-1891, The violin: its famous makers and their imitators (London, Dulau and co. [etc.], 1884). archive.org, violinitsfamousm84hart. https://archive.org/details/violinitsfamousm84hart.machine textcited for 1 linesource record

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  2. The violin: its famous makers and their imitators (1909). archive.org, violinitsfamousm00hartuoft. https://archive.org/details/violinitsfamousm00hartuoft.machine textcited for 1 linesource record

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