I sometimes wonder if Marziano attended Constance. There is no record of him in 1415 at all. He was a witness to an act of fealty to Filippo Maria in Milan on 5 November 1414, and we don't see him again until 17 February 1416 in Milan, when is a witness to an extension of Filippo Maria's truce with ...

This is going to seem like "Ancient Aliens" to some of you, but I've gone down a rabbit hole relating to the "Jesus Family Tomb" that first came to public attention with the James Cameron-produced documentary about the bone boxes (ossuaries) and tomb (actually discovered in 1980...

Thanks for popping in, Phaeded. I really was getting a little concerned, since none of us are getting any younger, and this is a time of pandemic.

Thanks for your review of Romei, Nathaniel. I have noticed it, looked for a few remarks, but have not otherwise studied it. Your comments are very good. Send me your' email privately and I'll mail your a PDF of Marco's translation (Italian-English). I'd post it, but I don't have time to format it co...

Guide to the castles, page 48, Abbiategrasso: "Losing before long its function as a defensive bastion and located conveniently near Milan and a large game reserve, beside being easily accessible by water, the fortress became Filippo Maria Visconti's favourite country residence . Edoardo Rosset...

Maybe that was the reason they hurried up, elected Martin V only a month later!

3. ????? ... Pietrasanta is a location near Lucca Long note of Fossati on Sperone Pietrasanta here, pp. 244-247 - https://books.google.fr/books?id=zHUtAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA244&dq=%22i+pietrasanta+appaiono%22&hl=fr&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi35PiZ-MTrAhWQzoUKHeleAH0Q6AEwAHoECAMQAg#v=onepage&q...

Yes it's those four. They are discussed by Fossati here, page 72, lines 46-70 of the notes. https://books.google.fr/books?id=zHUtAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA324&dq=marziano+aloxio+alosio&hl=fr&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiZ5eDUoMPrAhVHxYUKHeZoCQ4Q6AEwAHoECAMQAg#v=onepage&q=marziano%20aloxio%20alosio&a...

Urbano had a lot of functions, and he was involved in the attack on Genova . It was not so, that Urbano and Marziano arrived as visitors in January 1422, but Urbano seems to have been there for a longer time and only Marziano was the visitor. In March other governors arrived and we don't know, who ...

His last activity here was on 5 August. That is a long time not to peek in just to catch up.

I have posted to him here and emailed him privately. Anybody got a better contact address?