Dear John, 

IN  a recent interview you said, "There were of course women scholars at the time, including one who was a distant relative of the Bassanos–Donna Ana (Reyna) de Nasi continued her mother’s vision and support for Torah scholarship, and in her 50’s set up a printing press at Belvedere Palace that published a dozen Hebrew books over 1592-99 including an allegorical drama and a Talmudic treatise."

I wrote the most comprehensive biography of Dona Gracia Nasi, Reyna's mother, called "The Woman who Defied Kings," in 2002 -- all from 16th century documents. I could find no relationshop between the Bassanos and the Nasi family. What were your sources? I would be most interested. Thanks.