Dorothea Broccardi

Dorothea Broccardi was a fifteenth-century Clarissine nun, copyist, and limner.

Biography

Broccardi was a nun of the Poor Clare order in San Lino, Volterra. ^[1] Like many members of her community, she worked as a scribe, copyist, and limner. ^[2] According to historian Marilyn Dunn, "Her miniatures emphasize iconography over artistic aesthetics, presenting saintly models for the nuns." ^[3]

She collaborated closely with Marianus of Florence. ^[2] As his amanuensis, she copied his works, chose their titles, and illustrated them in watercolor. ^[1] Works copied and illuminated by Broccardi, identifiable by her Dorothea scripsit signature, ^[4] include:

• Libro dell’Ordine di Santa Chiara ^[5]
• Libro delle degnità (MS Volterra, Biblioteca Guarnacchi 6146) ^[2]
• Vita di San Francesco (MS Volterra, Biblioteca Guarnacchi 5966) ^{[1] [2]}
• Via spirituale (MS Volterra, Biblioteca Guarnacchi 6359) ^{[1] [2]}
• Vita del beato Giovanni di Capestrano (MS Volterra, Biblioteca Guarnacchi 6147) ^{[1] [2]}

References

1. Knox, L. S. (1 January 2008). Creating Clare of Assisi. Brill. pp. 146–217. ISBN   978-90-474-4306-3 . Retrieved 6 January 2024.
2. Roest, Bert (1 January 2013). "Forms of Literary and Artistic Expression". Order and Disorder: The Poor Clares between Foundation and Reform. Brill. pp. 283–345. ISBN   978-90-04-24475-7 . Retrieved 6 January 2024.
3. Dunn, Marilyn (2013). "Convent Creativity". The Ashgate Research Companion to Women and Gender in Early Modern Europe. Routledge. doi:10.4324/9781315613765-5 (inactive 12 July 2025). ISBN   978-1-315-61376-5 . Retrieved 6 January 2024.
4. Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Marianus of Florence"  . Catholic Encyclopedia . New York: Robert Appleton Company.
5. de Miranda, Walter Luiz Lopes (2020). "Mulheres pintoras através dos tempos: Pré-História até Idade Média". Khronos (in Italian) (10): 1–27. Retrieved 6 January 2024.