Diamante da Magenta

Diamanté da Magenta

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