Dear Melissa
The diary of Luca Landucci, a Florentine apothecary, contains a number of
references to 'monstrous births'. The diary is available in Italian and
English.
Luca Landucci, Diario Fiorentino del 1450 al 1516, ed. by Iodoco del Badia
(Florence, 1883)
and
Luca Landucci, A Florentine Diary from 1450 to 1516 by Luca Landucci
continued by an anonymous writer till 1542 with notes by Iodoco del Badia,
trans. by Alice de Rosen Jervis (London and New York, 1927).
I hope this helps.
Best wishes
Catherine
Dr. Catherine Lawless
Department of the History of Art
Trinity College
Dublin 2
Tel: 6082480
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