Zanobi da Strada was an Italian translator and correspondent of Petrarch. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Francesco Petrarca ( July 20, 1304 – July 19, 1374) known in English as Petrarch, was an Italian scholar He was responsible for some manuscript 'rediscoveries' in the Monte Cassino monastery library to which he had access as secretary to the diocesan bishop and where he lived from 1355 to 1357. For information about the World War II battle see the Battle of Monte Cassino. Early Apuleius MS marginalia (incl. Marginalia ( plurale tantum) is the general term for Notes scribbles and editorial comments made in the margin of a book mysterious spurcum additamentum at Met. 10. 21. 1) is in his hand.
p. 110 "Scribes and Scholars" L. D. Reynolds and N. G. Wilson, OUP 1968