Diamante da Magenta

Photo Diamanté da Magenta Information Resides: Barony of Seagirt http://seagirt.antir.sca.org Date Started: October 2010 Awards: [{{{oplink}}} Order of Precedence] Offices: Event Steward Seagirt Masked Ball April 2011 : Event Steward Daffodil 35/AS 46 (2012) Heraldry Argent, in pale three mullets barry and per pale sable and Or; 16th century Italian women displayed their Device on a lozenge WELCOME ~ BENVENUTO Diamanté da Magenta Persona History Born in Magenta Italy on March 15, 1477, Diamanté is the only daughter of Adamantine of Thira, Greece, who died in childbirth. Diamanté's father, Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci, was so distraught at the death of his beloved wife that he swore he would never love another woman in his life. Leonardo's mother Caterina, and her husband Achattabrigga, raised Diamanté in Vinci until Leonardo brought Caterina and Diamanté to Milan, to the court of Ludovico Sforza and Beatrice D'Este, to live. No one at court thought of Diamanté as anything other than a truly devoted and loving servant to Caterina. When Caterina died, Leonardo proclaimed Diamanté to be his ward. Much attention had been given to ensuring Diamanté was well educated, and her schooling exceeded that of many noblewomen. Her love of books brought her so often to the court library that her knowledge of its contents was greater than that of the Bibliotecario. She was offered a position in the library and often tutored the daughters of Nobles. Her position allowed her to travel with the Bibliotecario and her skill and intellect was fully appreciated and admired by the Sforza University staff and Noble households, whose libraries she helped to build to enviable status. Households she served in & Places of Residence: •Duke Ludovico Sforza & Duchess Beatrice d'Este, Milan 1493 - 1498 •Marquess Francesco iL Gonzaga & Marchesa Isabella d'Este, Mantua 1498 - 1518 •King Francis 1 of France, Cloux, 1518 - 1529 •Barony of Seagirt, Principality of Tir Righ, Kingdom of An Tir, 1529 - current Siblings - none Business Partner - Canzone di Fiorenzi ; Canzone and Diamante own several properties and a thriving vineyard and wine business together, and Canzones sons are also helping to manage and care for these businesses. Personal Library Inventory: •Aurora Consurgeans- 38 fine watercolour miniatures •De Docta Ignorantia - Nicolas Of Cusa's philosophy and theology •Chrysolorus Erotemata - Greek grammar treatise •A Journey Beyond Three Seas - detailed journal of a Russian merchants descriptions of customs, ceremonies and the politics of India •Les Livres des Tournois - a wonderful French record of ancient tournament customs of France, Germany and the Low Countries •Les Quinze Joies de Marriage - satirical analysis of the lies and arguments which plague married couples and set them up to fail mercilessly •The Master of the Game - how the English conducted a Game Sport Hunt, and how it differed and resembled the French customs of hunting and trapping •The Perfumed Garden of Sensual Delight - recipes for sexual maladies and instructions and advice in the book on how and what men and women should do to ensure they appear most attractive to one another •Ritsou Manuscript - collection of short, single simple musicals for small choirs •Tea Manual - the wonderful milestone work recording the simple way Prince Ning brewed loose tea and the ceremony of tea from leaf selection to how to heat the water and which china to use •The Wedding of Sir Gwain and Dame Ragnelle - the bardic tale which told of the discovery of 'what a woman really wants •Canterbury Tales by Chaucer Convivo - philosophical work which paid homage to Cicero and Beothius; •il Filocolo - 5 volumes, the first novel written in Italian, in prose, which tells the love story of Biancifiore & Florio •Divina Comedia - Dante Aligheiris in three volumes, all 14,233 lines of exquisite poetry, divided into the three cantinas •Book of the City of Ladies and The Treasure of the City of Ladies (also known as The Book of the Three Virtues) - Christine de Pizan •Ditie de Jehanne dArc - Christine de Pizan, poem honouring Joan of Arc •Querelle du Roman de la Rose - a written rhetorical discourse between Christine de Pizan & Jean de Montreuil Diamanté da Magenta currently resides in the Barony of Seagirt, Principality of Tir Righ, Kingdom of An Tir. As her income allows, she is now retired and pursues her interests in horses, the Arts & Sciences, dance, and developing her skill with the blade. Of course her love of books continues, for when you can read, you can do anything! S.C.A. Honors and Awards •Name: Diamanté da Magenta I sent my NAME, DEVICE & BADGE registration application papers away in on June 22nd, 2010. They were all approved November 2010. I was informed December 31st, 2010 by Elizabeth Lions Blood. Registration process took just over 6 months. •Lady Title Award of Arms March 12, 2011 (AS XLV) Kheron Azov, Kenna of the Clan MacDonald;Tir Righ •Rock August 20, 2011 Ming Lum Pee, Elína Kársdóttir;Seagirt •Damoiselle Tangwystl verch Glyn (Jambe de Lion) took me under her wing for one year and a day, from August 20th 2011 to August 21st 2012. During that year she guided me and mentored me, helping me safely navigate the SCAdian Known World. At the end of the year and a day she presented me with a a beautifully hand stitched Italian gown as my 'graduation' gift. Although the official year is over, Her Excellencies generosity never ends, and I am honoured and proud to be a recipient of her kindness and honest friendship. September 11, 2013