The Historia Supellexalis: Z for Zanotta
...Zanotta An Aurelia; A Nova Milanese; A Popolo Based on a study of objects uncovered in context of an archaeological dig in the vicinity of Nova Milanese, a community established nine miles to the north of Milan when an uncontrollable proliferation of the deeply debilitating Saloni made life in the once bustling, pulsating metropolis unbearable and unaffordable, the Zanotta trace their origins to one Aurelio dello Zanotta, a member of the Aurelia gens who was an important protagonist in the development of the upholsterers trade in those far off days when the contemporary commonwealth of Italy was a volatile association of independent Stati and Popoli... According to the objects and inscribed stones unearthed, after many decades quietly, if very successfully, making sofas and armchairs Aurelio dello Zanotta began to increasingly question the need for such objects in a Nova Milanese that had changed over those many decades; began to increasingly question the relationships between such objects and a Nova Milanese society that had changed over those many decades...
