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This volume is produced from digital images created through the University of Michigan University Library's preservation reformatting program. The Library seeks to preserve the intellectual content of items in a manner that facilitates and promotes a variety of uses. The digital reformatting process results in an electronic version of the text that can both be accessed online and used to create new print copies. This book and thousands of others can be found in the digital collections of the University of Michigan Library. The University Library also understands and values the utility of print, and makes reprints available through its Scholarly Publishing Office. ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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This volume is produced from digital images created through the University of Michigan University Library's preservation reformatting program. The Library seeks to preserve the intellectual content of items in a manner that facilitates and promotes a variety of uses. The digital reformatting process results in an electronic version of the text that can both be accessed online and used to create new print copies. This book and thousands of others can be found in the digital collections of the University of Michigan Library. The University Library also understands and values the utility of print, and makes reprints available through its Scholarly Publishing Office. ... Read more

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This volume is produced from digital images created through the University of Michigan University Library's preservation reformatting program. The Library seeks to preserve the intellectual content of items in a manner that facilitates and promotes a variety of uses. The digital reformatting process results in an electronic version of the text that can both be accessed online and used to create new print copies. This book and thousands of others can be found in the digital collections of the University of Michigan Library. The University Library also understands and values the utility of print, and makes reprints available through its Scholarly Publishing Office. ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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This Book Is In Italian. ... Read more

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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process.We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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This Elibron Classics book is a facsimile reprint of a 1832 edition by Leonardo Ciardetti, Firenze. ... Read more

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In the early spring of 1358 Francis Petrarch was invited by his friend Giovanni Mandelli, a leading military and political figure of Visconti Milan, to go on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. Pleased at the invitation, Petrarch nevertheless declined to undertake the journey.Fear of the sea, of shipwreck, and of "slow death and nausea worse than death" held him back. While Petrarch would not make the literal journey he offered Mandelli a pilgrimage guide instead of his companionship: "nevertheless, I shall be with you in spirit, and since you have requested it, I will accompany you with this writing, which will be for you like a brief itinerary."

Composed over three days between March and April of 1358, the "Itinerarium ad sepulchrum domini nostri" takes the characteristic Petrarchan form of an epistle to a friend. Delivered to his correspondent in the form of an elegant booklet, the work presents a literary self-portrait that was meant to stand as "the more stable effigy of my soul and intellect" as well as "a description of places." Although the Holy Land is the ostensible destination of the pilgrimage, more than half of this charming guidebook is devoted to Petrarch’s leisurely and loving descriptions of Italy's physical and cultural landscape. Upon reaching the Holy Land, Petrarch transforms himself into one of the greatest ten-cities-in-four-days Baedekers of all time, as Mandelli and the reader race through sacred landmarks and sites and end up, not at the "sepulchrum domini nostri," but at the tomb of Alexander.

Theodore Cachey has prepared the first English-language translation of the "Itinerarium."Based on an authoritative 14th-century manuscript in the Biblioteca Statale of Cremona, which is, according to the explicit declaration of the scribe, a copy of Petrarch’s 1358 autograph, the translation is accompanied by the manuscript reproduced in facsimile and by a transcription of the Latin text.Cachey’s extensive introduction and notes discuss Petrarch’s text within the multiple contexts of travel in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, and contemporary political and cultural issues, including Petrarch’s relation to emergent forms of "cartographic writing" and Renaissance "self-fashioning."Petrarch’s little book reveals him to be a man of his time, but one whose voice speaks clearly to us across centuries.The "Itinerarium" is a jewel rediscovered for the modern reader. ... Read more

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weentsy travelogue
This volume is completely gorgeous. The editor, Theodore Cachey, Jr., has written an insightful introduction to the letter of Petrarch, situating both the text and its reception within the tradition of travel writings. The majority of Petrarch's letter describes Italian tours rather than the Holy Land. The letter itself is a marvellous description of a tour, replete with poetic, religious, and mythological citation, that Petrarch was invited to make but opted out of on account of a fear of sea-sickness. Included in the volume on the left side of each page is a reproduction (photographed, I assume) of Latin script of the "Itinerary" from 1358 (not by Petrarch's own hand, however). Below these handsome brown reproductions is a smaller and clearer version of the Latin in the reproductions. Facing, on the right side of each page, is a bright translation of the Latin letter. It is marvellous to behold the careful and thorough nature of a text that is often considered a minor work. Surely, it is small, but delightful too. The final section of the volume includes ample annotation of the text and a list of Petrarch's works. ... Read more

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Very eye-opening
The original Latin is good, not great. I share Pound's criticisms of Petrarch in general. People who can't write the best epics houldn't at all. You're why Portuguese lit. sucked so long.

The real gem here, though, is the information on early motorcycles. There's a whole world out there. I myself have purchased an old Ninja, favored among the ancient armies, solely based on this book. It has been the source of innumerable hours of pleasure.

If you love motorcycles...
...you'll love this book.Learn about how Petarch invented the motorcycle in 152 B.C., via a thorough study of Alexander's march through Persia and combining that with the discovery with the internal combustian engine.Also learn how the Kawaski Ninja became the favorite bike of the Legion and how they became invaluable during the Second Punic War.Boy - I never thought ancient history could be this cool. ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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Mit De vita solitaria hat Francesco Petrarca ein Werk geschaffen, dasaufgrund der groBen ideengeschichtlichen Reichweite seines Themas, dasvita activa-vita contemplativa-Problems, und seiner weiten Verbreitung (mehrals 120 Handschriften) einen guten Einblick in die Geistesgeschichte des 14.und 15. Jh. zu vermitteln vermag. In De vita solitaria laBt sich die geistigeAuseinandersetzung des beginnenden Humanismus mit einem wichtigen Zweigmittelalterlicher Uberlieferung, dem kontemplativen Schrifttum, und mit derantiken otium- Tradition, die neuverarbeitet wird, erkennen. Es wirdversucht, diese Auseinandersetzung in einem ausfuhrlichen ideengeschichtlichenKommentar im Detailberiech und in Ubersichten herauszuarbeiten und damit einenBeitrag zur Ideengeschichte des Praehumanismus zu liefern.Zugleich wird hier De vita solitaria (Buch 1) zum erstenmal in einerkritischen Ausgabe, versehen mit Quellenapparat und Index nominum,prasentiert. Damit soll ein Beitrag zur weitern ErschlieBung des Werkesgeleistet werden.Petrarch's De vita solitaria provides an excellent insight into thehistory of ideas of the 14th and 15th centuries, because of its wide-rangingtheme -- the conflict between vita activa and vita contemplativa --and its immense popularity, attested by more than 120 manuscripts.This commentary on the first book of De vita solitaria explores howearly humanism dealt with both the important medieval tradition ofcontemplative writing and the classical otium-tradition. The commentary'sdetailed analysis of this process forms thus a significant contribution to ourknowledge of the development of early humanist thought.Apart from the commentary, De vita solitaria (Book 1) is presented herefor the first time in a critical edition. It includes an apparatusfontium and an index nominum, designed to facilitate the furtherexploration of his work. ... Read more