Title
Pianta della Rocca di Maiolo. / Ludovico Paciotti.
Creator
Paciotto, Lodovico, active about 1636-1647, artist.
Publication details
[approximately 1647]
Physical details
1 drawing : ink and watercolour ; sheet 23 x 35 cm
Description
Plan of part of the fortress of Maiolo, with area in ruins at left, towers, yard, living quarters and gate accessed through a drawbridge at right, Marecchia River above and key, scale, and explanatory text below; within wash lines. Calculations concerning the superficial extent of the structure represented annotated in ink at top right.
Place
Rimini (Italy : Province)
Additional information
Bound in volume with index preceding drawings and prints numbered 1-115 (page no. 94). Probably from the collection of Cardinal Albani, acquired for George III by James Adam in 1762. The Ludovico Paciotti who signs the drawing is probably the same as a 'Lodovico Paciotto di Urbino' mentioned in the Memorie e documenti per servire all' istoria del Ducato di Lucca (vol. 8, 1822, p. 366). Paciotto 'wished to offer his services to the Most Excellent Council [of Lucca] in his profession as a military engineer' in about 1636, when the Council was considering repairs to the city walls. The fortifications in Maiolo were partly destroyed by lightning in about 1647, a fact mentioned in the text accompanying this drawing and two related views by the same hand in the following page.
Shelfmark
Maps 6.TAB.3.fol.94a.