Editing Angelo Maria Bandini (section)

==Biography==
Orphan since infancy, Angelo Maria was supported by his uncle, [[Giuseppe Bandini]], a lawyer of some note. He was initially educated among the [[Jesuits]], and showed a special inclination for the study of antiquities. In 1747 he undertook a journey to [[Vienna]] with the [[bishop of Volterra]], for whom he acted in the capacity of secretary. He was introduced to the emperor and took the opportunity of dedicating to that monarch his ''Specimen Litteraturae Florentinae,'' which was then printed at [[Florence]]. On his return he took [[holy orders]], and settled in [[Rome]], passing the whole of his time in the library of the [[Vatican City|Vatican]], and in those of the cardinals [[Domenico Silvio Passionei|Passionei]] and [[Corsini]].

The famous [[obelisk]] of [[Augustus]], at that time removed from the ruins of [[Campus Martius]], was described by Bandini in a learned folio volume entitled ''De Obelisco Augusti''. Shortly after, he was compelled to leave Rome on account of his health and returned to Florence, where he was appointed librarian to the valuable [[Biblioteca Marucelliana]] bequeathed to the public by [[Francesco Marucelli|abbott Marucelli]]. In 1756 he was assigned by the emperor to a [[prebendary|prebend]] at Florence, and appointed principal librarian to the [[Laurentian Library]], vacant with the death of [[Antonio Maria Biscioni]]. Over forty-four years he continued to discharge the duties of this appointment, and died in 1803, generally esteemed and missed. On his deathbed he founded a public school and bequeathed the remainder of his fortune to other charitable purposes.

Bandini described some biblical manuscripts: [[Minuscule 181|181]], [[Minuscule 186|186]], [[Minuscule 187|187]], [[Minuscule 190|190]], [[Minuscule 191|191]], [[Minuscule 197|197]], [[Minuscule 198|198]], [[Minuscule 363|363]], [[Minuscule 832 (Gregory-Aland)|832]], [[Minuscule 833 (Gregory-Aland)|833]], [[Minuscule 834 (Gregory-Aland)|834]], [[Minuscule 835 (Gregory-Aland)|835]], [[Lectionary 117|'''ℓ''' ''117'']], and [[Lectionary 118|'''ℓ''' ''118'']].