Amico, Bernardine
, an artist and an author, was a
Franciscan of Gallipoli, in the kingdom of Naples, and
prior of his order at Jerusalem. During a residence of five
years there, he made drawings and wrote descriptions of
that city and neighbourhood; and on his return to Italy,
published a magnificent volume, entitled “Trattato delle
Piante e immagini de' sacri edifizi di Terra Santa,”
Rome, 1620. The plates were engraved by the celebrated
Callot. 2
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