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Guidomini, Lorenzo

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  1. A dictionary of violin makers (1896)

    Guidomini, Lorenzo. In Milan, 1740.

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    2. Guidantus, Joannes Florenus. A maker in Bologna about 1685 to 1728. Was possibly a pupil of Nicola Amati. He was an excellent workman, his instruments look well, are on a high model, with long sound-holes; but the purfling is carelessly done and the tone is rather poor. A viola d'amore, exhibited at Milan in 1881, ornamented with a beautiful head, artistically carved, representing a blindfolded Cupid, was labelled: "Joannes Guidantus fecit Bononiæ, anno 1715." Another label was: "Joannes Florenus Guidantus fecit Bononiæ, 1724." A viola da gamba was dated 1728. See "Florenus."
    4. Guidomini, Lorenzo. In Milan, 1740.
    6. Guillami. A Spanish family of violin makers who worked about 1680-1780.

  2. A dictionary of violin makers (n.d.)

    Guidomini, Lorenzo. In Milan, 1740.

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    2. Guidantus, Joannes Florenus. A maker in Bologna about 1685 to 1728. Was possibly a pupil of Nicola Amati. He was an excellent workman, his instruments look well, are on a high model, with long sound-holes; but the purfling is carelessly done and the tone is rather poor. A viola d'amore, exhibited at Milan in 1881, ornamented with a beautiful head, artistically carved, representing a blindfolded Cupid, was labelled: "Joannes Guidantus fecit Bononiae, anno 1715." Another label was: "Joannes Florenus Guidantus fecit Bononiae, 1724." A viola da gamba was dated 1728. See "Florenus."
    4. Guidomini, Lorenzo. In Milan, 1740.
    6. Guillami. A Spanish family of violin makers who worked about 1680-1780.

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Not established is the honest state of this record: it rests on one or more sources naming this maker, and nothing else on this site confirms it. Printed in: A dictionary of violin makers (1890); A dictionary of violin makers (1890); A dictionary of violin makers (1896). 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 what those sources state has been invented here; if you can add to it, we want to hear from you.

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Places and dates of work
Guidomini, Lorenzo. In Milan, 1740. reported1
Places and dates of work
Guidomini, Lorenzo. In Milan, 1740. reported1
Places and dates of work
Guidomini, Lorenzo. In Milan, 1740. reported1

How the pages were read

3 of the 3 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. 1 of them rests on a section heading above a list of names, not on a trade word printed on its own line: “A DICTIONARY OF VIOLIN MAKERS.”.

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  1. Read from machine text (software that turns a photo of a page into words, or a typed transcription), not by a person looking at the page image. ↩

The books behind this record

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  1. Stainer, C. (Cecie), 1867-1937, A dictionary of violin makers (London: Novello, n.d.). archive.org, dictionaryofviol00stai. https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofviol00stai.machine textcited for 1 linesource record

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  2. Stainer, C. (Cecie), 1867-1937, A dictionary of violin makers (London: Novello, n.d.). archive.org, dictionaryofviol1899stai. https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofviol1899stai.machine textcited for 1 linesource record

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  3. Stainer, C. (Cecie), 1867-1937, A dictionary of violin makers (London ; New York: Novello, Ewer, 1896). archive.org, dictionaryofviol00stai_0. https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofviol00stai_0.machine textcited for 1 linesource record

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