- Acknowledgments
- Volume I
- 1. Introduction
- The Garden Notebook
- The Owner and Location of the Gardens
- A Duchess Mother and a Jesuit Father: A Garden Alliance
- Interpreting the Manuscript
- 2. The Plans of the Flower Gardens
- The Topographical Reconstruction
- The Early Garden
- The Nine-Star Garden
- The Star-Centered Garden
- Father Ganducci and Garden Design
- 3. The Planting Design
- The Planting at San Lorenzo
- The Planting of the Early Garden (see Plan 1 insert at back of book)
- The Planting of the Nine-Star Garden in 1662 and 1664 (see Plan 2a and 2b inserts at back of book)
- The Planting of the Star-Centered Garden in 1665 (see Plan 3 insert at back of book)
- Conclusion
- Appendix A: Description and Transcriptions
- Appendix A.1 Description of the Manuscript
- Appendix A.2 Transcription and Translation of the Garden Journal
- Appendix A.3
- A. Transcription of the Nine-Star Garden Planting Plan in 1662
- B. Transcription of the Nine-Star Garden Planting Plan in 1664
- C. Transcription of Tulips Planted in the Star-Centered Garden in 1665
- D. Transcription of the Lit of Tulips Purchased in 1665
- E. Transcription of Sown Annual and Perennial Plant Lit
- F. Lit and Botanical Identification of Sown Plants
- Appendix B: Plants at San Lorenzo, 1656–1665
- Appendices B.1–5
- The sources
- Italian Manuscripts
- Dutch Tulip Book Manuscripts
- Printed Sources including Plant Catalogues
- Appendix B.1 Plants in the Early Garden in 1656
- Appendix B.2 Plants in the Nine-Star Garden in 1662
- Appendix B.3 Plants in the Nine-Star Garden in 1664
- Appendix B.4 Plants in the Star-Centered Garden in 1665
- Appendix B.5
- A. Acquisition Lit of French Tulips [ca. 1664–65] in (Fol. [VIIIr])
- B. Tulips on the Acquisition Lit (1664–65) Not Appearing in Planting Schemes
- Bibliography
- Abbreviations
- Manuscripts
- Maps and Catato Regiters
- Sources Published before 1900
- Sources Published after 1900
- Topographical Reconstruction Maps (inserted at back of book)
- Plan 1: The Flower Garden at San Lorenzo in 1656
- Plan 2a: The Nine-Star Garden in 1662
- Plan 2b: The Nine-Star Garden in 1664
- Plan 3: The Star-Centered Garden in 1665
- Volume II
- The Manuscript Planting Notebook (reproduction)
- 1. Introduction
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The Gardens at San Lorenzo in Piacenza, 1656-1665
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