LEADER 03875nam 2200745 a 450 001 996248280703316 005 20240416154916.0 010 $a0-674-07161-1 010 $a0-674-06807-6 024 7 $a10.4159/harvard.9780674068070 035 $a(CKB)2550000001038819 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH25018202 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000835948 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11461959 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000835948 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10997731 035 $a(PQKB)10119312 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3301220 035 $a(DE-B1597)178062 035 $a(OCoLC)1013966368 035 $a(OCoLC)1031871237 035 $a(OCoLC)956975774 035 $a(OCoLC)979910057 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780674068070 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3301220 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10659284 035 $a(OCoLC)923119631 035 $a(dli)HEB32250 035 $a(MiU) MIU01100000000000000000044 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001038819 100 $a20120420d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aPrinting a Mediterranean world $eFlorence, Constantinople, and the renaissance of geography /$fSean Roberts 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aCambridge $cHarvard University Press$dc2013 215 $a1 online resource (xiii, 293 p., [25] p. of plates )$cill., maps 225 0 $aI Tatti Studies in Italian Renaissance History 225 0$aI Tatti studies in Italian Renaissance history 300 $aFormerly CIP.$5Uk 311 $a0-674-06648-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $t Frontmatter -- $tContents -- $tIllustrations -- $tIntroduction: Gifts From Afar -- $t1 Ptolemy in Transit -- $t2 The Rebirth of Geography -- $t3 Making Books, Forging Communities -- $t4 Printing Tolerance and Intolerance -- $tConclusion: Resurrection and Necromancy -- $tNotes -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tIndex 330 $aIn 1482, the Florentine humanist and statesman Francesco Berlinghieri produced the Geographia, a book of over one hundred folio leaves describing the world in Italian verse, inspired by the ancient Greek geography of Ptolemy. The poem, divided into seven books (one for each day of the week the author "travels" the known world), is interleaved with lavishly engraved maps to accompany readers on this journey. Sean Roberts demonstrates that the Geographia represents the moment of transition between printing and manuscript culture, while forming a critical base for the rise of modern cartography. Simultaneously, the use of the Geographia as a diplomatic gift from Florence to the Ottoman Empire tells another story. This exchange expands our understanding of Mediterranean politics, European perceptions of the Ottomans, and Ottoman interest in mapping and print. The envoy to the Sultan represented the aspirations of the Florentine state, which chose not to bestow some other highly valued good, such as the city's renowned textiles, but instead the best example of what Florentine visual, material, and intellectual culture had to offer. 410 0$aI Tatti studies in Italian Renaissance history. 410 0$aVilla I Tatti. 517 3 $aFlorence, Constantinople, and the renaissance of geography 606 $aCartography$zItaly$zFlorence$xHistory$y15th century 606 $aCartography$zTurkey$zIstanbul$xHistory$y15th century 607 $aEurope$vMaps$vEarly works to 1800 607 $aTurkey$xHistory$yOttoman Empire, 1288-1918 615 0$aCartography$xHistory 615 0$aCartography$xHistory 676 $a526.09409/024 700 $aRoberts$b Sean E$01016552 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996248280703316 996 $aPrinting a Mediterranean world$92379005 997 $aUNISA