Bartolomeo Fonzio (1447 1513) was a leading literary figure in
Florence during the time of Lorenzo de Medici and Machiavelli. A
professor of poetry and rhetoric at the University of Florence, he
included among his friends and colleagues leading figures such as
Marsilio Ficino, Angelo Poliziano, John Argyropoulos, Cristoforo
Landino, and Pietro Soderini. He was one of the principal
collaborators in creating the famous humanist library of King
Mattyas Corvinus of Hungary. As a scholar and teacher, he devoted
himself to the study of classical authors, particularly Valerius
Flaccus, Livy, Persius and Juvenal; his studies of Juvenal led to
bitter polemics with Poliziano.
Fonzio s letters, translated here for the first time into
English, are a window into the world of Renaissance humanism and
classical scholarship, and include the famous letter about the
discovery in 1485 on the Via Appia of the perfectly preserved body
of a Roman girl.
General
Imprint: |
Harvard University Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Series: |
The I Tatti Renaissance Library |
Release date: |
May 2011 |
First published: |
May 2011 |
Authors: |
Bartolomeo Fonzio
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Editors: |
Alessandro Daneloni
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Translators: |
Martin Davies
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Dimensions: |
203 x 133 x 19mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover - Cloth over boards / With printed dust jacket
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Pages: |
256 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-674-05836-1 |
Languages: |
English
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Subtitles: |
Latin
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Categories: |
Books >
Humanities >
History >
General
Books >
History >
General
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LSN: |
0-674-05836-4 |
Barcode: |
9780674058361 |
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