Dorothea Broccardi

Dorothea Broccardi was a fifteenth-century Clarissine nun, copyist, and limner.

Biography

Broccardi was a nun of the Poor Clare order in San Lino, Volterra. Like many members of her community, she worked as a scribe, copyist, and limner.

She collaborated closely with Marianus of Florence. As his amanuensis, she copied his works, chose their titles, and illustrated them in watercolor. include:

(MS Volterra, Biblioteca Guarnacchi 6146) (MS Volterra, Biblioteca Guarnacchi 5966) (MS Volterra, Biblioteca Guarnacchi 6359) (MS Volterra, Biblioteca Guarnacchi 6147)