The Resource To wake the dead : a Renaissance merchant and the birth of archaeology, Marina Belozerskaya
To wake the dead : a Renaissance merchant and the birth of archaeology, Marina Belozerskaya
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- Summary
- At the beginning of the fifteenth century, a young Italian bookkeeper fell under the spell of the classical past. Despite his limited education, the Greeks and Romans seemed to speak directly to him--not from books but from the physical ruins and inscriptions that lay neglected around the shores of the Mediterranean. As an international merchant, Cyriacus of Ancona was accustomed to the perils of travel in foreign lands--unlike his more scholarly peers with their handsome libraries and wealthy patrons, who benefited greatly from the discoveries communicated in his widely distributed letters and drawings. Having seen firsthand the destruction of the world's cultural heritage, Cyriacus resolved to preserve it for future generations. To do so he would spy on the Ottomans, court popes and emperors, and even organize a crusade.--From publisher description
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st ed
- Extent
- 308 p.
- Contents
-
- Ottoman threat
- Spy and diplomat
- Poised and thwarted
- The
- measure of a man
- Into the Greek past
- Meeting of the minds
- The
- last crusade
- In the balance
- On the threshold of history
- An
- Unlikely hero
- From mundane to the sublime
- At the crumbling epicenter of the past
- An
- antiquary born of trade
- The
- Isbn
- 9780393065541
- Label
- To wake the dead : a Renaissance merchant and the birth of archaeology
- Title
- To wake the dead
- Title remainder
- a Renaissance merchant and the birth of archaeology
- Statement of responsibility
- Marina Belozerskaya
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- At the beginning of the fifteenth century, a young Italian bookkeeper fell under the spell of the classical past. Despite his limited education, the Greeks and Romans seemed to speak directly to him--not from books but from the physical ruins and inscriptions that lay neglected around the shores of the Mediterranean. As an international merchant, Cyriacus of Ancona was accustomed to the perils of travel in foreign lands--unlike his more scholarly peers with their handsome libraries and wealthy patrons, who benefited greatly from the discoveries communicated in his widely distributed letters and drawings. Having seen firsthand the destruction of the world's cultural heritage, Cyriacus resolved to preserve it for future generations. To do so he would spy on the Ottomans, court popes and emperors, and even organize a crusade.--From publisher description
- Biography type
- individual biography
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1966-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Belozerskaya, Marina
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- CC115.C57
- LC item number
- B456 2009
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Ciriaco
- Cyriacus (von Ancona)
- Archaeology
- Italy
- Archaeologists
- Classicists
- Travelers
- Label
- To wake the dead : a Renaissance merchant and the birth of archaeology, Marina Belozerskaya
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [265]-288) and index
- Contents
-
- Ottoman threat
- Spy and diplomat
- Poised and thwarted
- The
- measure of a man
- Into the Greek past
- Meeting of the minds
- The
- last crusade
- In the balance
- On the threshold of history
- An
- Unlikely hero
- From mundane to the sublime
- At the crumbling epicenter of the past
- An
- antiquary born of trade
- The
- Control code
- 286488270
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- 1st ed
- Extent
- 308 p.
- Isbn
- 9780393065541
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover)
- Lccn
- 2009016582
- Other physical details
- ill.
- System control number
- (OCoLC)286488270
- Label
- To wake the dead : a Renaissance merchant and the birth of archaeology, Marina Belozerskaya
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [265]-288) and index
- Contents
-
- Ottoman threat
- Spy and diplomat
- Poised and thwarted
- The
- measure of a man
- Into the Greek past
- Meeting of the minds
- The
- last crusade
- In the balance
- On the threshold of history
- An
- Unlikely hero
- From mundane to the sublime
- At the crumbling epicenter of the past
- An
- antiquary born of trade
- The
- Control code
- 286488270
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- 1st ed
- Extent
- 308 p.
- Isbn
- 9780393065541
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover)
- Lccn
- 2009016582
- Other physical details
- ill.
- System control number
- (OCoLC)286488270
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