Records of Western Civilization Two Renaissance Book Hunters: The Letters of Poggius Bracciolini to Nicolaus de Niccolis, (Paperback)

from le.vert.galant

I suppose this won't be of interest to many people, but Poggio is one of the great unsung heroes of Western Civilization. He recovered numerous classical texts from where they were moldering in northern monasteries, including Lucretius, Cicero, Quintilian, and Ammianus Marcellinus. The survival o...

from stephenjchow

Besides being a fascinating collection of letters by Poggius, I was drawn in further by, and enjoy most, the nuggets of wisdom he often discloses to his correspondents. Here are a few: ON THE RARITY OF GOOD, DEVOUT MEN "The idols of the nations are silver and gold, and the nations are dedicated t...

from Poquette

First of all, I come not to bury Poggio Bracciolini but to praise him, for his letters are charming, witty and reflective of the age in which he flourished. But this book, Two Renaissance Book Hunters, has within its pages a great deal to complain about. Before we get to that, however, let us beg...

from le.vert.galant

I suppose this won't be of interest to many people, but Poggio is one of the great unsung heroes of Western Civilization. He recovered numerous classical texts from where they were moldering in northern monasteries, including Lucretius, Cicero, Quintilian, and Ammianus Marcellinus. The survival o...

from stephenjchow

Besides being a fascinating collection of letters by Poggius, I was drawn in further by, and enjoy most, the nuggets of wisdom he often discloses to his correspondents. Here are a few: ON THE RARITY OF GOOD, DEVOUT MEN "The idols of the nations are silver and gold, and the nations are dedicated t...