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Fig. 1

From: Basel–Tuscany, a long-lasting link

Fig. 1

A picture taken in the early 1900s, from the archives of the NMB. According to handwritten notes, the main fossil hunter (“scavatore di fossili”) is Mr. Filippo Brilli (the old men handling a basket and a hammer). The picture offers us a portrait of the family of this Upper Valdarno “fossil hunter”. The young man on the left is F. Brilli’s son (Ugo, who after 1909 continued the correspondence with NMB, until 1911). The person on the right is a certain Mr. Bagnolesi, while the woman in the middle, with a white scarf, most probably F. Brilli’s wife, is referred to as “La Massaia” (the Housewife). It is worth noting that in the official toponym archive of Tuscany (http://sira.arpat.toscana.it/sira/Toponomastica/COMUNI.htm), a locality named “Case Brilli”, is recorded nearby the village of Castefranco di Sopra, very close to some of the most celebrated fossiliferuos sites in Upper Valdarno

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