Andronikos Kallistos: A Byzantine Scholar and His Manuscripts in Italian Humanism.

Andronikos Kallistos, a leading personality among the Greeks who participated in Italian Humanism, was a scholar, teacher and copyist of manuscripts. This book investigates Kallistos' scholarly and scribal activity by adopting a synergistic approach to historical, philological, codicological an...

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Main Author:	Orlandi, Luigi (auth)
Corporate Author:	Walter de Gruyter & Co
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Language Notes:	English.
Published:	Berlin/Boston De Gruyter 2023.
Series:	Studies in Manuscript Cultures 32
Subjects:	Ancient history: to c 500 CE. Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700. Ethics & moral philosophy. European history. Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800. Literature & literary studies. Regional studies. Social & cultural history. Western philosophy: c 1600 to c 1900. Greek handwriting Late Byzantine émigrés Manuscript collections Renaissance Electronic books.
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Summary:	Andronikos Kallistos, a leading personality among the Greeks who participated in Italian Humanism, was a scholar, teacher and copyist of manuscripts. This book investigates Kallistos' scholarly and scribal activity by adopting a synergistic approach to historical, philological, codicological and paleographic data, in order to shed light on his role at the time of the transfer of Greek cultural heritage to Italy and, hence, throughout Europe.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (623 pages).
ISBN:	9783111203331 3111203336 9783111203447 3111203441