Editing The City of the Sun (section)

== Trento 1602 manuscript ==
[[File:Pagina di manoscritto 1602.jpg|thumb|Manuscript page (Trento) 1602]]
In [[Trento]]'s Civic Library, there is kept a 1602 manuscript of ''The City of the Sun'' (shelf mark BCT1-1538), discovered in 1943 by Italian historian [[Luigi Firpo]]. It is considered the most ancient manuscript copy that has survived to the present time. The text arrived at the Library through the bequest of Baron {{ill|Antonio Mazzetti|it|vertical-align=sup}} (1781–1841). He was a book collector and bibliophile and, as written in his will, he donated his book heritage to the Civic Library.

The manuscript was restored in 1980. It is made of parchment tied on paperboard. It consists of two [[codicological]] unities joined years after their writing: the first is a Venetian historical chronicle from 1297 to 1582, followed by a list of "Hospedali di Venezia" ("Hospitals in Venice"). At the bottom, it is sewn to a small-sized booklet independently enumerated: it is a copy by an anonymous hand of ''The City of the Sun''. The transcription is meticulous, and there only are a few insignificant mistakes.