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Book SynopsisThe beginning of the Greek revival in the West is generally attributed to the teaching of the Byzantine scholar Manuel Chrysoloras in Florence between 1397 and 1400. Causes, aspects, and consequences of this important cultural phenomenon still need to be analyzed in depth. The essays collected in this volume examine the development of the study of Greek from the fifteenth to the early sixteenth century, reconstructing its spread and impact on early modern literatures, philosophy, and visual arts. An analysis of the methods and tools used to teach and learn Greek sheds light on the complex cultural relationships between Byzantium and the West and enlarges the traditional picture of the Greek revival in early modern Europe. Contributors are: Lilia Campana, Federica Ciccolella, Mariarosa Cortesi, Francesco G. Giannachi, Fevronia Nousia, Kalle Lundahl, Erika Nuti, Denis Robichaud, Antonio Rollo, Luigi Silvano, David Speranzi, and Paola Tomé.
Trade Review“For anyone interested in the teaching of Greek in Renaissance Italy, this volume offers a great deal of good new scholarship.” - Paul F. Grendler, University of Toronto, emeritus, in: Renaissance Quarterly, 71:2 (Summer 2018), pp. 714-715 “L’esplorazione dei manoscritti prodotti e circolanti in tale cerchia, attualmente conservati in massima parte nel fondo Barocci della Bodleian Library, consente a C. di verificare, tra l’altro, come la pratica didattica del greco in ambito cretese, per quanto aperta alla ricezione di alcune delle novità emerse in Occidente, persistesse nell’alveo della tradizione grammaticale bizantina. Merita, infine, una menzione la bibliografia assai abbondante ed aggiornata raccolta a conclusione del volume, che non mancherà di rappresentare un validissimo sussidio per le ricerche future.” - Marco Barbero, in: Medioevo greco 18 (2018)
Table of ContentsIntroduction Editors’ Note 1. The Transmission and Reception of Manuel Moschopulos’ Schedography in the West Fevronia Nousia 2. Study Tools in the Humanist Greek School: Preliminary Observations on Greek-Latin Lexica Antonio Rollo 3. Greek at the School of Vittorino da Feltre Mariarosa Cortesi 4. Greek Studies in Giovanni Tortelli’s Orthographia: A World in Transition Paola Tomè 5. Working with Plotinus: A Study of Marsilio Ficino’s Textual and Divinatory Philology Denis J.-J. Robichaud 6. Praeclara librorum suppellectilis: Cretan Manuscripts in Pietro da Portico’s Library David Speranzi 7. Learning Greek in the Land of Otranto: Some Remarks on Sergio Stiso of Zollino and His School Francesco G. Giannachi 8. Antonio Allegri da Correggio: The Greek Inscription in the Hermitage Portrait Kalle O. Lundahl 9. Teaching Greek in Renaissance Rome: Basil Chalcondyles and His Courses on the Odyssey Luigi Silvano 10. Vettor Fausto (1490-1546), Professor of Greek at the School of Saint Mark Lilia Campana 11. Franciscus Bovius Ferrarensis and Johannes Sagomalas Naupliensis: Teaching Elementary Greek in the Mid-Sixteenth Century Erika Nuti 12. Greek in Venetian Crete: Grammars and Schoolbooks from the Library of Francesco Barocci Federica Ciccolella Bibliography Index of Manuscripts and Archival Materials Index of Proper Names
