Of camels, crocodiles and human sacrifice: the North Carolina MS of Solinus' De situ orbis terrarum and readings of classical geography in the Renaissance.
An essay on the marginalia of the manuscript "De situ orbis terrarium," by Caius Julius Solinus is presented. It explores the transmission and reception of Solinus works in the Middle Ages and in the Renaissance. It discusses how the manuscript appeals to a man such as Boffile de Giudice or de Juge,...
| Publicado en: | International Journal of the Classical Tradition Vol. 18; no. 2; pp. 167 - 201 |
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Springer Nature
Jun2011
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| Sumario: | An essay on the marginalia of the manuscript "De situ orbis terrarium," by Caius Julius Solinus is presented. It explores the transmission and reception of Solinus works in the Middle Ages and in the Renaissance. It discusses how the manuscript appeals to a man such as Boffile de Giudice or de Juge, a Neapolitan nobleman exiled from Naples in 1460 and served Duke René of Anjou and King Louis XI of France. |
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