About Murtha Baca Murtha Baca’s translations include several manuscripts of Leonardo da Vinci, An Italian Renaissance Sextet: Six Tales in Historical Context (edited by Lauro Martines) and Pellegrino Artusi’s Science in the Kitchen and the Art of Eating Well. Books by Murtha Baca Merchant Writers Florentine Memoirs from the Middle Ages and Renaissance by (author) Vittore Branca & Massimo Ciavolella/Luigi Ballerini translated by Murtha Baca An Italian Renaissance Sextet Six Tales in Historical Context by (author) Lauro Martines translated by Murtha Baca Science in the Kitchen and the Art of Eating Well by (author) Pellegrino Artusi introduction by Luigi Ballerini translated by Murtha Baca