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Cyriac of Ancona: Later Travels
Edward W. Bodnar (Ed.)
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Description for Cyriac of Ancona: Later Travels
Hardcover. The letters and diaries from 1443 to 1449 of Cyriac of Ancona, one of the first scholars to study the physical remains of the ancient world in person. This is the period of his final voyages, which took him from Italy to the Greek mainland, the Aegean islands, Constantinople and Crete. Editor(s): Bodnar, Edward W.; Foss, Clive. Translator(s): Bodnar, Edward W. Series: The I Tatti Renaissance Library. Num Pages: 384 pages, maps, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; DN; HBJD; HBLA; HDDK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 143 x 31. Weight in Grams: 614.
Early renaissance humanists discovered the culture of ancient Greece and Rome mostly through the study of classical manuscripts. Cyriad of Ancona (Ciriaco de'Pizzecolli, 1391-1452), a merchant and diplomat as well as a scholar, was among the first to study the physical remains of the ancient world in person and for that reason is sometimes regarded as the father of classical archaeology. His travel diaries and letters are filled with descriptions of classical sites, drawings of buildings and statues and copies of hundreds of Latin and Greek inscriptions. Cyriac came to see it as his calling to record the current state ... Read more
Early renaissance humanists discovered the culture of ancient Greece and Rome mostly through the study of classical manuscripts. Cyriad of Ancona (Ciriaco de'Pizzecolli, 1391-1452), a merchant and diplomat as well as a scholar, was among the first to study the physical remains of the ancient world in person and for that reason is sometimes regarded as the father of classical archaeology. His travel diaries and letters are filled with descriptions of classical sites, drawings of buildings and statues and copies of hundreds of Latin and Greek inscriptions. Cyriac came to see it as his calling to record the current state ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Series
The I Tatti Renaissance Library
Condition
New
Weight
614g
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674007581
SKU
V9780674007581
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About Edward W. Bodnar (Ed.)
Edward W. Bodnar (1920-2011) was Professor of Classics, Emeritus, at Georgetown University.
Reviews for Cyriac of Ancona: Later Travels
As Cyriac crossed and recrossed the Mediterranean, catching rides on Venetian and Genoesc naval ships as one might now take suburban commuter trains and calmly examining gems with their captains, he pursued his lifelong effort to speak with the dead
a vocation that took him through the Aegean, down to Egypt, and into mainland Greece and led him to ... Read more
a vocation that took him through the Aegean, down to Egypt, and into mainland Greece and led him to ... Read more