Bow & Bridge Violin and bow makers, as the old books printed them

Ruggieri, Francesco

1668 to 1700

Historical maker

Named in 2 books.

Minted in place of an earlier record under this name, retired because the page prints separate entries it had joined as one person: Ruggieri, (Francesco).

What the books printed

Biographical dictionary of musicians, Brown, James Duff. Paisley, London: A. Gardner, 1886. Page 529, scan 541. Held as more than one scan.
RUGGIERI (Francesco). Italian violin-maker of end of 17th and beginning of 18th century. The founder of the family of noted violin-makers of Cremona, known as Ruggierius. …
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Art objects, books, color prints … thirty-two fine old violins … Japanese prints, J.C. Morgenthau & Co. New York: J.C. Morgenthau & Co., Inc., 1940, 1940. p. 14.
As printed on this page: "53 FRANCESCO RUGGIERI: Maker: 1668-1700. (Cremona)"
  • Entries from 2 books stand under this name, and we are not sure they mean the same person. That is on hold until somebody settles it.

Same name

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