03877nam 2200745 a 450 991081664890332120240416154916.00-674-07161-10-674-06807-610.4159/harvard.9780674068070(CKB)2550000001038819(StDuBDS)AH25018202(SSID)ssj0000835948(PQKBManifestationID)11461959(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000835948(PQKBWorkID)10997731(PQKB)10119312(MiAaPQ)EBC3301220(DE-B1597)178062(OCoLC)1013966368(OCoLC)1031871237(OCoLC)956975774(OCoLC)979910057(DE-B1597)9780674068070(Au-PeEL)EBL3301220(CaPaEBR)ebr10659284(OCoLC)923119631(dli)HEB32250(MiU) MIU01100000000000000000044(EXLCZ)99255000000103881920120420d2013 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrPrinting a Mediterranean world Florence, Constantinople, and the renaissance of geography /Sean Roberts1st ed.Cambridge Harvard University Pressc20131 online resource (xiii, 293 p., [25] p. of plates )ill., mapsI Tatti Studies in Italian Renaissance HistoryI Tatti studies in Italian Renaissance historyFormerly CIP.Uk0-674-06648-0 Includes bibliographical references and index. Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Introduction: Gifts From Afar -- 1 Ptolemy in Transit -- 2 The Rebirth of Geography -- 3 Making Books, Forging Communities -- 4 Printing Tolerance and Intolerance -- Conclusion: Resurrection and Necromancy -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- IndexIn 1482, the Florentine humanist and statesman Francesco Berlinghieri produced the Geographia, a book of over one hundred folio leaves describing the world in Italian verse, inspired by the ancient Greek geography of Ptolemy. The poem, divided into seven books (one for each day of the week the author "travels" the known world), is interleaved with lavishly engraved maps to accompany readers on this journey. Sean Roberts demonstrates that the Geographia represents the moment of transition between printing and manuscript culture, while forming a critical base for the rise of modern cartography. Simultaneously, the use of the Geographia as a diplomatic gift from Florence to the Ottoman Empire tells another story. This exchange expands our understanding of Mediterranean politics, European perceptions of the Ottomans, and Ottoman interest in mapping and print. The envoy to the Sultan represented the aspirations of the Florentine state, which chose not to bestow some other highly valued good, such as the city's renowned textiles, but instead the best example of what Florentine visual, material, and intellectual culture had to offer. I Tatti studies in Italian Renaissance history.Villa I Tatti.Florence, Constantinople, and the renaissance of geographyCartographyItalyFlorenceHistory15th centuryCartographyTurkeyIstanbulHistory15th centuryEuropeMapsEarly works to 1800TurkeyHistoryOttoman Empire, 1288-1918CartographyHistoryCartographyHistory526.09409/024Roberts Sean E1016552MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910816648903321Printing a Mediterranean world2379005UNINA