Bibliographies, bonds, documentations

 

Chronology:

• Cronologia di Firenze. In Italian. Basical usefull site that includes all hstorical events, small or large, which marks Florence and her contado.
• From the site Storia di Firenze, town history official portal, the chronology. Less rich than the first one, but in some parts more "scholarly".

Bibliography :

• la Maison au Moyen-Age. In French. Rich site with valuable references for better understanding the concepts and the structures of medieval architectures. Attention, it relates especially to France!
• Bibliographie générale de Jean Mesqui, primarily on military construction. In French. Attention, it relates especially to France!

Patrimoine :

• LIMEN Beni culturali. In Italian. This site traverses, alas sometimes very quickly, the florentine architecture key elements, underlining the conservation of urban inheritance. Very rich references to the towers, palates, streets of Florence.

Buildings catalog :

• Indice dei castelli, delle torri e delle opere di fortificazione della Toscana. In Italian. Invaluable tool: contains detailed photographs and descriptions.

Architects and architecture :

• Villard de Honnecourt et les Cathédrales. In French. Site of the Bibliothèque Nationale de France. Very documented on the trade of architect at the Middle Ages. Attention, it relates especially to France!
• Architecture militaire et Art de l'Ingénieur au Moyen Âge by Jean Mesqui. In French. Very documented on the military matters. Attention, it relates especially to France!
• Renaissance italienne, l'architecture. In French. Very documented and useful about architecture and art.
• Glossary of Medieval Art and Architecture. In English. Very complete glossary.
• L'Architecte au Moyen Age, un ouvrier sorti du rang, Jean-Michel Mathonière's site, abouts architects and their functions. In French.

Fortifications :

• Torri e piazze. In Italian. School level site, describing the basic elements of the medieval fortifications.
• Le mura di firenze. In Italian. Visual school level site, on the history of the enclosing walls of the city. Allows a good visualization of the successive city walls.
• Another site about the successive enclosures of Florence.

Various very good articles on Florence, in the Clio's association site (in French):

• Aux portes du paradis, Florence, Daniel Elouard
• Dante et Florence, Marina Marietti
• Florence, cité subtile, Jacques Heers
• Les Médicis, hommes d'argent, hommes d'État, Christian Bec
• And a lot more in the Clio's Library.

About the Torre Monalda precisely and the building of the Hotel Porta Rossa :

• Baccio d'Agnolo in Vasari, in the dictionary of the architects. In Italian. Architect Bartolomeo d' Agnolo Baglioni (Firenze 1462-1543). Sculptor (intagliatore) on wood (choir of Santa Maria Novella; 1491-1496) then architect (Palazzo Taddei (1504), palazzo Borgherini, palazzo Bartolini (1517-1520) and the campanile of S. Spirito (1511) in Florence.
• Giampaolo Trotta (to dir;), Gli antichi chiassi trà Ponte Vecchio e Santa Trinita, Messaggerie Toscane, 1992. In Italian. Very precise and invaluable work.
• From the very good Giovanni Fanelli's site, Firenze médiévale, see the very usefull page I ponti e le Torri. In Italian.
• On the Porta Rossa Palate.
• On the Porta Rossa district.
• On the Porta Rossa stained glasses.

Historical Maps of Florence :

• The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, The Jewish National and University Library. In English.
• M. Capurro's site, on the Historical maps of italian cities, with several representations of Florence at several times (seek Firenze). Attention to the quality of certain digitalizations. In Italian.
• Historical maps of Italy in the Oddens Bookmark, cartographical precious tool. In English.