Vita Viri Clarissimi et Famosissimi Kyriaci Anconitani Transactions, American Philosophical Society (vol. 86, Part 4) |
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Author:
| Scalamonti, Francesco |
Editor:
| Mitchell, Charles Bodnar, Edward W. |
Series title: | Transactions of the American Philosophical Society Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-87169-864-3 |
Publication Date: | Jan 1996 |
Publisher: | American Philosophical Society
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $45.00 |
Book Description:
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This is a print on demand Publication. Ciriaco di Filippo de' Pizzicolli (b. 1391) was the most prolific recorder of Greek & Roman antiquities, particularly inscriptions, in the 15th cent.; he is entitled to be called the founding father of modern classical archaeology. Of his early life our knowledge rests mostly on the materials for a "Vita" put together by his friend Francesco Scalamonti, which largely reproduces Ciriaco's own records & carries his biography down to 1435. This...
More DescriptionThis is a print on demand Publication. Ciriaco di Filippo de' Pizzicolli (b. 1391) was the most prolific recorder of Greek & Roman antiquities, particularly inscriptions, in the 15th cent.; he is entitled to be called the founding father of modern classical archaeology. Of his early life our knowledge rests mostly on the materials for a "Vita" put together by his friend Francesco Scalamonti, which largely reproduces Ciriaco's own records & carries his biography down to 1435. This "Vita" survives in a single manuscript published in 1792. The editors have re-edited Scalamonti's "Vita" from the original mss. with a translation. Also includes an intro. to the text & its previous pub., its authorship, its sources, & its likely date of composition. Concludes with a chronology of the events narrated in the "Vita."