Английская Википедия:Diomede Carafa (died 1487)

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Medallion of Carafa, by Giovanni Candida
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Tombs of the Carafas in the Chapel of the Crucifix. Diomede's tomb is on the left.

Diomede Carafa (Шаблон:Circa – 17 May 1487) was a Neapolitan nobleman, soldier, diplomat and political theorist of the Carafa family.Шаблон:Sfn

Life

Carafa was born in either 1406 or 1408, the youngest son of Antonio Malizia Carafa and Caterina Farafalla. Like his father, he was a staunch supporter of the House of Aragon.Шаблон:Sfn When Queen Joan II broke with her named heir, King Alfonso V of Aragon, Carafa followed Alfonso back to Spain. Nothing is known of what he did there, but he returned with Alfonso in 1442, when the latter conquered the kingdom.Шаблон:Sfn In February 1465, he was given a fief at Maddaloni with the title of count.Шаблон:Sfn The manuscript Reg. lat. 812 in the Vatican Library, containing Frontinus' Stratagems, was copied for Carafa by Pietro Ippolito da Luni.[1]

Carafa died on 17 May 1487 and was buried in the Chapel of the Crucifix in San Domenico Maggiore.Шаблон:Sfn His tomb was the work of renowned sculptors Шаблон:Ill, Tommaso Malvito and Domenico Gagini.Шаблон:Sfn

Works

Carafa wrote thirteen Memoriali in vernacular Neapolitan, some of which are lost and only one of which was published in his lifetime. They offer advice on finances, military matters and etiquette directed at members of the royal family and court.Шаблон:Sfn The surviving memoriali are:

The military Memoriali to Alfonso and Francesco were published by F. Campanile at Naples in 1608 under the title Gli ammaestramenti militari del signor Diomede Carafa.Шаблон:Sfn The Memoriale to Beatrice was translated into Latin by Colantonio Lentulo. A deluxe manuscript of the Latin version was copied by Шаблон:Ill and illustrated by Cola Rapicano.Шаблон:Sfn

Between 1472 and 1476, Carafa wrote a I doveri del principe, a treatise dedicated to Eleanor, Duchess of Ferrara.Шаблон:Sfn[2] His last work, Libro delli precepti o vero instructione delli cortesani, was written in 1479 for his son, Giovanni Tommaso Carafa.Шаблон:Sfn

Notes

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Bibliography

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  1. Шаблон:Harvnb. The manuscript is digitized online.
  2. Шаблон:Harvnb labels this work Memoriale sui doveri del principe.