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Florence's Embassy to the Sultan of Egypt - An English Translation of Felice Brancacci's Diary (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)
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Florence's Embassy to the Sultan of Egypt - An English Translation of Felice Brancacci's Diary (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)
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This book is the first English translation of Felice di Michele
Brancacci's diary of his 1422 mission to the court of Sultan
Al-Ashraf Seyf-ad-Din Barsbay of Egypt. Following the purchase of
Port of Pisa in 1421, and the building of a galley system, Florence
went on to assume a more active role in Levant trade, and this rich
text recounts the maiden voyage of the Florentine galleys to Egypt.
The text portrays the transnational experiences of Brancacci
including those between the East and West, Christians and Muslims,
and the ancient and modern worlds. The accompanying critical
introduction discusses the unexpected motifs in Brancacci's voyage,
as well as tracing the aftershocks of what was a traumatic Egyptian
experience for him. It shows that this aftershock was then
measured, captured, and memorialized in the iconic image of Tribute
Money, the fresco he commissioned from Masaccio, on his return to
his own world in Florence.
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