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Scan 99
Chats on violins, 1905
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1The account of her death and burial reads as follows, in the Parish Register of St. Matteo:
3"Francesca Ferabosca, wife of Signor Antonius Stradivari, recommended to God, and fortified by the Sacraments of Penance, Holy Eucharist, and Extreme Unction, died at the age of about sixty years. Her body was carried into the Church of St Domenico."
5The year following, Stradivarius again entered into the bonds of matrimony, marrying on this occasion Signora Antonia Zambelli, in the parish of St Donato, on the 24th August 1699.
7By this time his reputation as a violin maker was well established, and the former customers of Nicolo Amati, recognising his genius, readily accepted him in the place of his master. In 1684, he had numbered amongst his noble patrons James II. of England, the Duke of Florence, and other notabilities, for whom he made instruments alla posta (expressly). For these alla posta orders, he executed very special designs, not only for the fiddles and their ornamentation, but also for the minutest details of their cases. This thoroughness
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