The view from Etna : the ascent of a Venetian humanist /

This book is centered on the Venetian humanist Pietro Bembo (1470-1547), on his stay in Sicily in 1492-4 to study the ancient Greek language under the Byzantine émigré Constantine Lascaris, and above all on his ascent of Mount Etna in 1493. The more particular focus of this study is on the imaginati...

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Main Author: Williams, Gareth D. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, ©2017.
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