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Notice of Anthony Stradivari, the celebrated violin-maker, known by the name of Stradivarius:, 1864
23 lines. Read by computer on 3 September 2026, twice; the two readings disagreed in places. Printed page 70. See the scan on archive.org.
1been finally crowned with success, and have made known the precise date of the decease of this celebrated artist. In an authentic extract from the registers of the Cathedral of Cremona, signed and delivered by M. Julius Fusetti, vicar of that church, we have the proof that Anthony Stradivari was buried on the 19th of December, 1737, and consequently that he died on the 17th or 18th of the same month, at the full age of ninety-three years. But, by an inexplicable singularity, neither his own remains, nor those of his children, were deposited in the tomb which he had prepared for them; for the burial extract is worded as follows:
3"Nel libro col titolo: Libro de' Morti nella Chiesa di "S. Domenico, essistante nell' archivio di questa parocchia
4• "trovasi quanto segue:
5 "A dì 19 Dicembre 1737. Dato sepoltura al fù sig.
6 "Antonio Stradivari, sepolto nella sepoltura del sig. Francesco
7 "Vilani, nella Capella del Rosario, parocchia di S. Mateo. one of two readings
8 "Vilani, nella Capella del Rosario, parrocchia di S. Mateo. one of two readings
9 "Dalla Cattedrale di Cremona,
10 "Li 19 Settembre, 1855.
12 In fede
13 Signé: Fusetti Giulio Vic°.*
14 (with the church seal).
16* "In the book entitled: Libro de' morti (Burial Register) of the Church of St. Dominic, existing in the archives of this parish, we find the following:
17 "On the 19th day of December, 1737: Took place the funeral of the late Signor Antonio Stradivari, who was buried in the vault of Signor Francesco Vilani, in the chapel of the Rosary, in the parish of St. Matthew.
18 "From the Cathedral of Cremona,
19 "The 19th of September, 1855.
21 In testimony
22 Signed: Julius Fusetti, Vicar."
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