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Notice of Anthony Stradivari, the celebrated violin-maker, known by the name of Stradivarius:, 1864
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1exists in the suppressed Church of St. Andrew, at Cremona, and is as follows:
3Hodie. Mihi. Cras. Tibi
4Viator
5Respice. Finem
6Guglielmus. Stradivertus
7J. C. Præstantissimus
8Sibi. suisque. Æredibus
9Hic. Situs. Est
10Obiit. Anno. MCCCCXXXIX.
12We perceive, from the registers above mentioned, that the Stradivari family was sometimes called Stradivarius, sometimes Stradivera, and even Stradiverta.
14Notwithstanding the perseverance of M. Vuillaume, in his researches to discover the precise date of the birth of Stradivarius, and despite the devoted complaisance of M. Julius Fusetti, vicar of the Cathedral of Cremona, who has spared no pains in order to attain this object, through circumstances which it is impossible to explain, this date cannot be found. It is therefore presumable that, at the time of the suppression of many of the churches of Cremona, their archives may have been stolen, concealed, or even destroyed. Fortunately, however, one memorial remains, which dispels all doubt as to the year when the celebrated violin maker came into the world. Among the memoranda of Carlo Carli, banker at Milan, occurs an inventory of the instruments which belonged to Count Cozio de Salabue, and which were deposited with him. Now, in this inventory,
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