, an illuminator on vellum, who was in England in the reign of queen
, an illuminator on vellum,
who was in England in the reign of queen Elizabeth, appears to have been a native of Florence, and, while here,
a teacher of the Italian language. Vertue speaks of some
of his works as extant in his time, or as having very lately
been so; as the Psalms of David in folio, with an inscription by Ubaldini to Henry earl of Arundel, whom he calls
his Maecenas. The date is, London, 1565. There was
another book on vellum, written and illuminated by him,
by order of sir Nicholas Bacon, who presented it to the
lady Lumley. This is, or was, at Gorhambury. There
were other specimens of his skill in the royal library, now
in the British Museum, and he appears also to have been
an author. Walpole mentions one of his Mss. in the Museum, entitled “Scotiae descriptio a Deidonensi quodain
facto, A. D. 1550, et per Petruccium Ubaldinum transcripta
A. D. 1576,
” which was published afterwards in Italian,
with his name, at Antwerp, 1588, fol. The Museum catalogue attributes also the following to Ubaldini: 1. “Discourse concerning of the Spanish fleet invading England
in 1588 and overthroweu,
” Lond. Le Vite
delle Donne illustri del regno d'lughilterra, e del regnb
di Scotia, &c.
” ibid. Gorboduc,
” who,
because one of her sons killed the other that was a favourite, killed a third son in a passion. 3. “Precetti
moral i, politici, et economici,
” Scelta di
alcune Attioni, e di varii Accidenti,
” Rime,
”