The documentation on Antonio da Faenza is confused because, different authors have referred to him by various names including: Some also attempt to identify him with Antonio Gentile, a contemporary goldsmith.
The original biographical sketch was by Faenza historian Bernardino Azzurini, who also recalls he wrote an architectural treatise.
[2] Azzurini in his first biography, noted that Antonio had written a treatise on architecture; however, that it had never been published.
Dating from 1516 to 1526, it includes sections on optics, arithmetic, geometry, perspective, color, and architecture.
It is presumed a Franciscan scholar residing in Montelupone my have mentored the document.