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the only explanation seems to be that the master was not responsible for the actual
production of these specimens, but authorized their production if his signature was
removed. The suggestion that the signatures were deleted because of some spite
against him, or because he had fallen into disgrace at Rimini (of which there is no
record), seems very improbable. Of course, if his authorship of these unsigned medals
is denied, no difficulty arises. The number of modifications of these Rimini medals,
due to slight alterations in the legends, is remarkable.
In the important work of Calabi and Cornaggia an attempt is made to divide up the
medals into genuine works by Pasti, works by anonymous Riminese of the fifteenth
century, and forgeries. Their attitude appears to me to be too sceptical, and I have
preferred to leave my original classification with slight modifications. That many of
the varieties which are without Fasti’s signature are not by him but by anonymous
Riminese of the quattrocento may be granted ; but that all the fourteen pieces described
by these authors as ‘ falsificazioni ’ deserve this hard name I am reluctant to believe.
Dated medals: 1446 (nos. 164-71, 173, 174-81, 189), 1447 (nos. 173, 182), 1450 (no. 183).
Signatures: MATTHEVS• DE• PASTIS• F• (nos. 158, 160).
MATTHAEI • PASTII • VERONENS1S • OPVS (nos. 159, l6l, 162).
MATHEVS • PASTVS • W • FECIT (no. 163).
MATHEVS • PASTVS • V* • F • (no. 164).
O • M • D • P • V • (no. 165).
OPVS • MATHEI • DE • PASTIS • V* • (nos. 167, 170).
p
Wt, (no. 169).
Lettering: EG (once, no. 158), 6G, MM.
Occasional ligatures (nos. 170, 172).
Stops: • ♦ y (in various positions) and, on the Malatesta and Atti medals, also the conventional
four-petalled rose (*): see Hill, Pisanello, p. 163.
Arm. I, pp. 17 ff.; III, p. 4. Bfattaglini] (F. G.), Memorie istoriche di Rimino . . . ed. G. A. Zanetti (1789), pp. 256 ff.
Bolzenthal, p. 41. Milanesi in Buonarroti, Ser. II, Vol. iv (1869), pp. 78-9. Friedl., pp. 43 ff. A. Heiss, Alberti, &c.,
pp. 16-47. Paoletti, LiArckitettura etc. in Venezia, ii (1893), p. 129. Fabriczy, pp. 42-6. G. F. Hill, Pis., pp. 225 ff.
P. Schubring in Kunstwiss. Beitr. A. Schmarsow gewidm. (1907), pp. 103 ff. (his sculpture). Madonna Verona, v, 3 (1911),
pp. 177-92 (with references to recent discoveries). Hill, N. Chr. (1917), pp. 298-312. Hab., pp. 46-7. C. Ricci, Il Tempio
Malatestiano [1924], pp. 38-60. A. Calabi e G. Cornaggia, Matteo dei Pasti [1926]. Cited as C. and C.
SIGNED MEDALS
GUARINO DA VERONA, humanist.
158. Obv. 6VARINVS VGRONENS1S Busti., aged,
cloak fastened on 1. shoulder.
Rev. • MATTHGVS • DE PASTIS • and, below, F
Within laurel-wreath, a fountain surmounted
by nude male figure with mace and shield; all
in a flowery meadow.
Arm. I, 18, 2 (95 mm.); II, p. 285. Maffei, Ver. III. (1793),
III, Pl. i, 1. N. Chr. (1917), p. 302, no. i. Hab., Pl. xv, 3.
C. and C., p. 22, no. 1. [c. Pl. 29.]
(«) Berlin, 93 mm. Friedl., p. 47, no. 10. (b) Brescia
(Brozzoni), 91 mm. Mazz. I, xvii, 2. Rizz., no. 30.
(c) London (George III), f 95 mm. S. I. M., Pl. 10,1.
Guide Ren. Med., p. 14, fig. 10. (if) London (formerly),
f93mm. Keary, no.25. Fabr., Pl.xi. Hill, TVs., Pl. 68.
(g) Paris, 90-5 mm. After-cast. C. and C., p. 22, no. 1.
(/) Vienna, 92 mm. Tres. de Num. II, ii, 3. Heiss,
Alberti, &c., p. 24, no. 2, Pl. iii, 2. Old after-cast, some-
what chased.
Probably made in or shortly before 1446, when Pasti was
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working for the Ferrarese Court; by C. and C. attributed
to the period 1440-4.
MAFFEI (Timoteo), Canon of Verona.
159. Obv. TIMOTHEO* VERONENSI • CANONICO’
REGVL*DEI • PRAECONI• INSIGNI• Bust 1., elderly,
wearing habit, hood raised.
Rev. MATTHAEI • PASTII • VERONENSIS • OPVS
The Dove of the Holy Spirit r. on a lightning
cloud.
Arm. I, 18, 4 (92 mm.). Maffei, Ver. III. Ill, Pl. iii, 1.
N. Chr. (1917), p. 303, no. 2. Hab., Pl. xv, 4. C. and C., p. 25,
no. 4. \d. Pl. 30.]
(a) Berlin,89mm. Simon,no. 109. (b) Brescia(Brozzoni),
88 mm. Mazz. I, xviii, 2. Rizz., no. 31. (c) Florence,
88mm. Sup., no. 27. Poor, (d) London (George III),
f 91 mm. Keary, no. 26. (e) Paris, 92 mm. Tres. de
Num. I, viii, 1. Heiss, Alberti, &c., p. 29, no. 4, Pl. iv, 1.
the only explanation seems to be that the master was not responsible for the actual
production of these specimens, but authorized their production if his signature was
removed. The suggestion that the signatures were deleted because of some spite
against him, or because he had fallen into disgrace at Rimini (of which there is no
record), seems very improbable. Of course, if his authorship of these unsigned medals
is denied, no difficulty arises. The number of modifications of these Rimini medals,
due to slight alterations in the legends, is remarkable.
In the important work of Calabi and Cornaggia an attempt is made to divide up the
medals into genuine works by Pasti, works by anonymous Riminese of the fifteenth
century, and forgeries. Their attitude appears to me to be too sceptical, and I have
preferred to leave my original classification with slight modifications. That many of
the varieties which are without Fasti’s signature are not by him but by anonymous
Riminese of the quattrocento may be granted ; but that all the fourteen pieces described
by these authors as ‘ falsificazioni ’ deserve this hard name I am reluctant to believe.
Dated medals: 1446 (nos. 164-71, 173, 174-81, 189), 1447 (nos. 173, 182), 1450 (no. 183).
Signatures: MATTHEVS• DE• PASTIS• F• (nos. 158, 160).
MATTHAEI • PASTII • VERONENS1S • OPVS (nos. 159, l6l, 162).
MATHEVS • PASTVS • W • FECIT (no. 163).
MATHEVS • PASTVS • V* • F • (no. 164).
O • M • D • P • V • (no. 165).
OPVS • MATHEI • DE • PASTIS • V* • (nos. 167, 170).
p
Wt, (no. 169).
Lettering: EG (once, no. 158), 6G, MM.
Occasional ligatures (nos. 170, 172).
Stops: • ♦ y (in various positions) and, on the Malatesta and Atti medals, also the conventional
four-petalled rose (*): see Hill, Pisanello, p. 163.
Arm. I, pp. 17 ff.; III, p. 4. Bfattaglini] (F. G.), Memorie istoriche di Rimino . . . ed. G. A. Zanetti (1789), pp. 256 ff.
Bolzenthal, p. 41. Milanesi in Buonarroti, Ser. II, Vol. iv (1869), pp. 78-9. Friedl., pp. 43 ff. A. Heiss, Alberti, &c.,
pp. 16-47. Paoletti, LiArckitettura etc. in Venezia, ii (1893), p. 129. Fabriczy, pp. 42-6. G. F. Hill, Pis., pp. 225 ff.
P. Schubring in Kunstwiss. Beitr. A. Schmarsow gewidm. (1907), pp. 103 ff. (his sculpture). Madonna Verona, v, 3 (1911),
pp. 177-92 (with references to recent discoveries). Hill, N. Chr. (1917), pp. 298-312. Hab., pp. 46-7. C. Ricci, Il Tempio
Malatestiano [1924], pp. 38-60. A. Calabi e G. Cornaggia, Matteo dei Pasti [1926]. Cited as C. and C.
SIGNED MEDALS
GUARINO DA VERONA, humanist.
158. Obv. 6VARINVS VGRONENS1S Busti., aged,
cloak fastened on 1. shoulder.
Rev. • MATTHGVS • DE PASTIS • and, below, F
Within laurel-wreath, a fountain surmounted
by nude male figure with mace and shield; all
in a flowery meadow.
Arm. I, 18, 2 (95 mm.); II, p. 285. Maffei, Ver. III. (1793),
III, Pl. i, 1. N. Chr. (1917), p. 302, no. i. Hab., Pl. xv, 3.
C. and C., p. 22, no. 1. [c. Pl. 29.]
(«) Berlin, 93 mm. Friedl., p. 47, no. 10. (b) Brescia
(Brozzoni), 91 mm. Mazz. I, xvii, 2. Rizz., no. 30.
(c) London (George III), f 95 mm. S. I. M., Pl. 10,1.
Guide Ren. Med., p. 14, fig. 10. (if) London (formerly),
f93mm. Keary, no.25. Fabr., Pl.xi. Hill, TVs., Pl. 68.
(g) Paris, 90-5 mm. After-cast. C. and C., p. 22, no. 1.
(/) Vienna, 92 mm. Tres. de Num. II, ii, 3. Heiss,
Alberti, &c., p. 24, no. 2, Pl. iii, 2. Old after-cast, some-
what chased.
Probably made in or shortly before 1446, when Pasti was
[38]
working for the Ferrarese Court; by C. and C. attributed
to the period 1440-4.
MAFFEI (Timoteo), Canon of Verona.
159. Obv. TIMOTHEO* VERONENSI • CANONICO’
REGVL*DEI • PRAECONI• INSIGNI• Bust 1., elderly,
wearing habit, hood raised.
Rev. MATTHAEI • PASTII • VERONENSIS • OPVS
The Dove of the Holy Spirit r. on a lightning
cloud.
Arm. I, 18, 4 (92 mm.). Maffei, Ver. III. Ill, Pl. iii, 1.
N. Chr. (1917), p. 303, no. 2. Hab., Pl. xv, 4. C. and C., p. 25,
no. 4. \d. Pl. 30.]
(a) Berlin,89mm. Simon,no. 109. (b) Brescia(Brozzoni),
88 mm. Mazz. I, xviii, 2. Rizz., no. 31. (c) Florence,
88mm. Sup., no. 27. Poor, (d) London (George III),
f 91 mm. Keary, no. 26. (e) Paris, 92 mm. Tres. de
Num. I, viii, 1. Heiss, Alberti, &c., p. 29, no. 4, Pl. iv, 1.