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Gli auctores nella Cosmographiae introductio (1507) di  M. Waldseemüller e M. Ringmann

Davide Baldi    Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisboa, Portugal    

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The treatise Cosmographiae introductio, published in 1507, contains several quotations from classical authors (Vergil, Ovid, Boethius, Theodosius, Dionysius Periegetes etc.), who are always presented as auctoritates for both the geographical description and the scientific context. This paper analyses various cases of these citations and particularly the use of the auctores, and it concludes by explaining the dialogue between ancient and modern elements in this Renaissance work.

Published
Sept. 1, 2017
Accepted
March 31, 2017
Submitted
Jan. 13, 2017
Language
IT
ISBN (PRINT)
978-88-7543-440-3
ISBN (EBOOK)
978-88-6969-165-2

Keywords: CosmographyAuthoritiesAncient and ModernRenaissanceClassics

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