+
-
Tractatus Insulari Archipelagi.
Tractatus Insulari Archipelagi. 4 leaves on paper (c19th introduction in Italian to the work of Buondelmonte); 38 leaves on vellum (c15th); nineteenth century tooled leather binding. Rubrication incomplete.
Cristoforo Buondelmonte was from a distinguished Florentine family, who travelled extensively in the Greek archipelago during his life. The volume is dedicated to Cardinal Giardano Orsini, evident from a rubricated acrostic from the beginning of each chapter. There is a copy of Buondelmonte's work on paper, in a less neat hand, at P/20.
Administrative / biographical background
This book was particularly important because, though it was never printed, it became the prototype for several later isolarii, or island books, including those of Bartolommeo Sonnetti (P/21), Tommaso Porcacchi (see library catalogue: PBE9533 and PBC4612), and Antonio Millo (P/17).
Cristoforo Buondelmonte was from a distinguished Florentine family, who travelled extensively in the Greek archipelago during his life. The volume is dedicated to Cardinal Giardano Orsini, evident from a rubricated acrostic from the beginning of each chapter. There is a copy of Buondelmonte's work on paper, in a less neat hand, at P/20.
Administrative / biographical background
This book was particularly important because, though it was never printed, it became the prototype for several later isolarii, or island books, including those of Bartolommeo Sonnetti (P/21), Tommaso Porcacchi (see library catalogue: PBE9533 and PBC4612), and Antonio Millo (P/17).
For more information about using images from our Collection, please contact RMG Images.
Record Details
| Item reference: | P/13; MS9918 |
|---|---|
| Catalogue Section: | Manuscript volumes acquired singly by the Museum |
| Level: | ITEM |
| Date made: | 1420 |
| Creator: | Buondelmonte, Cristoforo |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |