The Isola Rizza treasure: some updating and new data from two manuscripts by Luigi Ben-nassuti

Abstract

The so-called Isola Rizza treasure, now conserved in the Museum of Castelvecchio, it was found by chance in this locality of the Veronese plain in 1872. Some brief updates on this treasure are proposed on the basis of the most recent research, with the intention of highlighting some themes that may arouse further research in the future. Finally, through the analysis of two manuscripts by Luigi Bennassuti conserved in Biblioteca Civica of Verona and in Biblioteca Capitolare of Verona, compiled a short distance after that discovery, the data of which are put in relation with the cadastral data, the identification of the area of concealment and some aspects of the conditions of the finds at the time of discovery and of the social context are specified.

Keywords

• tesoro di isola rizza
• tesaurizzazione
• luigi bennassuti
• antonio gallinetti
• verona
• isola rizza
• v-vi secolo
• xix secolo