Let us begin with Who.

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Who? What? Where? When?
How? Why?
Leo Noster
Leon Battista Alberti
Lets type Leo Noster
Then click Enter
The introductory screen for Alberti gives his
dates and a survey of the literature on him.
Let us begin with Who. For instance, if we type
the variant name Leo Noster we arrive at Leon
Battista Alberti.
Click 1568
Click Life of Alberti
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are. Pressing any point on this path takes us
back to that level. Click See path
When we wish to make a new set of queries we
press the Refresh button and/or Home.
click to start
Clicking on Literature from this page or initial
page leads to secondary literature
Clicking on 1568 Vite by Vasari leads again to a
new choice web Site.
Clicking on this leads to full contents of
Vasaris Life of Alberti.
Clicking on Books gives us the following choices.
Clicking on Standard Titles gives all perspective
books by Alberti as Standard Titles
If we choose De pictura we get details re this
standard title
The little box then offers a number of other
alternatives.
Clicking on Editions lists known editions etc.
If we choose editions and then 1540 we get
details about the official first edition
Clicking on Bibliographies we see which
bibliographies cite this edition
The little box gives two choices Books and
Literature.
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Click Direct
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Click Books
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Manuscripts 6. Locations 7. Literature
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Manuscripts 4. Editions 5. Translations 6.
Variant Titles 7. Partial Contents 8. Full
Contents 9. Bibliographies 10. Web-site
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