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050 00 $aCC115.C57$bA4 2003
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100 0 $aCiriaco,$cd'Ancona,$d1391-1452.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50063243
245 10 $aLater travels /$cCyriac of Ancona ; edited and translated by Edward W. Bodnar with Clive Foss.
260 $aCambridge, Mass. :$bHarvard University Press,$c2003.
300 $axxii, 459 pages :$billustrations, maps ;$c21 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
490 1 $aThe I Tatti Renaissance library ;$v10
500 $aFifty-three letters, brief diary excerpts, and five extensive fragments of travel diaries.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 439) and index.
520 1 $a"Cyriac 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 of the remains of antiquity and to lobby with local authorities for their preservation, recognizing that archaeological evidence was an irreplaceable complement to the written record." "This volume presents letters and diaries from 1443 to 1449, the period of his final voyages, which took him from Italy to the eastern shore of the Adriatic, the Greek mainland, the Aegean islands, Anatolia and Thrace, Mount Athos, Constantinople, the Cyclades, and Crete. Cyriac's accounts of his travels, with their commentary reflecting his wide-ranging antiquarian, political, religious, and commercial interests, provide a fascinating record of the encounter of the Renaissance world with the legacy of classical antiquity. The Latin texts assembled for this edition have been newly edited and most of them appear here for the first time in English. The edition is enhanced with reproductions of Cyriac's sketches and a map of his travels."--BOOK JACKET.
600 00 $aCiriaco,$cd'Ancona,$d1391-1452$vCorrespondence.
600 00 $aCiriaco,$cd'Ancona,$d1391-1452$xTravel.
650 0 $aArchaeologists$zItaly$vCorrespondence.
650 0 $aClassical antiquities$vEarly works to 1800.
650 0 $aVoyages and travels$vEarly works to 1800.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008113313
650 0 $aClassicists$zItaly$vCorrespondence.
700 1 $aBodnar, Edward W.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n97003985
700 1 $aFoss, Clive.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82063098
830 0 $aI Tatti Renaissance library ;$v10.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n00028657
852 00 $bglx$hCC115.C57$iA4 2003
852 00 $beuro$hCC115.C57$iA4 2003