Stefano Magno

Stefano Magno (around 1499 – 14 October 1572) was a Venetian chronicler.

Stefano Magno
Coat of arms of the Magno family
Born	around 1499
Died	14 October 1572
Nationality	Venetian
Occupation	chronicler

Biography

According to Kenneth Setton, Stefano Magno was born around 1499 (his father's name was Andrea) and died on 14 October 1572.^[1] According to Marios Philippides he was born in 1490 and died in 1557.^[2] He was a member of the noble Venetian Magno family.

Works

Cronaca Magno

The authorship of the manuscript often named as Cronaca Magno is attributed to Stefano Magno.^[3] This work is based on the work of Aeneas Sylvius (Pope Pius II).^[2] Stefano Magno frequently quotes dispacci of Bartolomeo Minio in his chronicle.^[4]

Annali Veneti e del Mondo

His work Annali Veneti e del Mondo is a five-volume manuscript archived in the library of the Museo Correr.^[1] This manuscript is described as "one of the more important literary sources for the last two decades of fifteenth century", providing "extraordinary coverage" of events almost all over Europe and Levant.^[1] It also covers the process of Conquest of Albania, by the Ottomans, and presents information about the Turkish conquest of Skanderbeg's stronghold, Krujë.^[1]

The 19th-century Greek historian and researcher Constantine Sathas published extracts of the Venetian chronicle of Stefano Magno connected with the history of Greece (Μνημεία Ελληνικής Ιστορίας [Monuments of Greek History]), which Kenneth Setton considers carelessly transcribed.^[1]

The first volume of his Annali Veneti e del Mondo describes the origins of the Venetian noble families and presents the alphabetically arranged list with dates of their admission to the Great Council of Venice, with their coats of arms presented in color.^[1] The fourth volume describes the period from 1478 to 1481, and contains a description of the Siege of Krujë in 1478.^[1]

References

Notes

1. Setton 1978, p. 329 (note 50).
2. Philippides & Hanak 2011, pp. 105–106.
3. Philippides & Hanak 2011, p. 105.
4. Gilliland Wright, Diana. "The Greek Correspondence of Bartolomeo Minio: Dispacci from Nauplion, 1479–1483". Washington. Retrieved 19 January 2012.

Bibliography

• Philippides, Marios; Hanak, Walter K. (2011), The siege and the fall of Constantinople in 1453: historiography, topography, and military studies, Ashgate Publishing, ISBN 978-1-4094-1064-5, OCLC 758725978, ... based clearly on the text of Aenas Sylvius
• Setton, Kenneth M. (1978). The Papacy and the Levant (1204–1571), Volume II: The Fifteenth Century. Philadelphia: The American Philosophical Society. ISBN 0-87169-127-2.

Further reading

• Hösch, Edgar; Konrad Clewing; Oliver Jens Schmitt (2005), "Die venezianischen Jahrbücher des Stefano Magno (ÖNB Codd 6215–6217) als Quelle zur albanischen und epirotischen Geschichte im späten Mittelalter (1433–1477)", Südosteuropa : von vormoderner Vielfalt und nationalstaatlicher Vereinheitlichung : Festschrift für Edgar Hösch, pp. 133–183, ISBN 978-3-486-57888-1, OCLC 62309552