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I TATTI RENAISSANCE LIBRARY

 

Since 2001, the I Tatti Renaissance Library has been the only series to make the major literary, historical, philosophical, and scientific works of the Italian Renaissance written in Latin available to a broad readership. Each volume provides a reliable Latin text together with an accurate, readable English translation on facing pages, accompanied by an editor’s introduction, notes on the text, brief bibliography, and index. Presenting current scholarship in an attractive and convenient format, The I Tatti Renaissance Library aims to facilitate access to this essential literature for both students and scholars in a wide variety of disciplines as well as to general readers.

The series’ General Editor is Professor James Hankins at Harvard University, to whom all editorial question should be directed. For further information on the series, click here. Volumes can be bought through Harvard University Press.

Baiae
Pontano, Giovanni Gioviano, and Rodney G Dennis. 2006. Baiae. I Tatti Renaissance library ; 22. Vol. 22. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 22, xxiv, 236 p. Publisher's Version Abstract
"Giovanni Gioviano Pontano (1429-1503) was an important humanist and scholar of Renaissance Italy, the presiding spirit of the Accademia Pontaniana, and chief minister and tutor to the Aragonese Kings of Naples. He was also the most innovative and versatile Latin poet of Quattrocento Italy. His Two Books of Hendecasyllables, given the subtitle Baiae by their first editor Pietro Summonte, experiment brilliantly with the metrical form associated principally with the ancient Latin poet Catullus. The poems are the elegant offspring of Pontano's leisure, written to celebrate love, good wine, friendship, nature, and all the pleasures of life to be found at the seaside resort of Baiae on the Bay of Naples.They are translated here for the first time into English."--BOOK JACKET.
Humanist Comedies
Grund, Gary R. 2005. Humanist Comedies. Vol. 19. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 19, xxx, 460 p. Publisher's Version Abstract
Paulus / Pier Paolo Vergerio -- The play of Philodoxus / Leon Battista Alberti -- Philogenia and Epiphebus / Ugolino Pisani -- Chrysis / Enea Silvio Piccolomini -- The epirote / Tommaso Mezzo.
Silvae
Poliziano, Angelo, and Charles Fantazzi. 2004. Silvae. I Tatti Renaissance library ; 14. Vol. 14. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 14, xx, 215 p. Publisher's Version
Short Epics
Vegio, Maffeo, Michael CJ Putnam, and James Hankins. 2004. Short Epics. I Tatti Renaissance library ; 15. Vol. 15. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 15, lviii, 184 p. Publisher's Version Abstract

Book XIII of the Aeneid -- Astyanax -- The golden fleece -- Antoniad.

Later Travels
d'Ancona Ciriaco,, Edward W Bodnar, and Clive Foss. 2003. Later Travels. I Tatti Renaissance library ; 10. Vol. 10. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 10, xxii, 459 p., [10] p. of plates. Publisher's Version
Invectives
Petrarca, Francesco, and David Marsh. 2003. Invectives. I Tatti Renaissance library ; 11. Vol. 11. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 11, xx, 539 p. Publisher's Version Abstract

Invectives against a physician -- Invective against a man of high rank with no knowledge or virtue -- On his own ignorance and that of many others -- Invective against a detractor of Italy."Francesco Petrarca (1304-1374), one of the greatest of Italian poets, was also the leading spirit in the Renaissance movement to revive ancient Roman language and literature. Just as Petrarch's Latin epic "Africa" imitated Virgil and his compendium "On Illustrious Men" was inspired by Livy, so Petrarch's four "Invectives" were intended to revive the eloquence of the great Roman orator Cicero. The "Invectives" are directed against the cultural idols of the Middle Ages--against scholastic philosophy and medicine and the dominance of French culture in general. They defend the value of literary culture against obscurantism and provide a clear statement of the values of Renaissance humanism. This volume provides a new critical edition of the Latin text based on the two autograph copies, and the first English translation of three of the four invectives"--Jacket.

Biographical Writings
Manetti, Giannozzo, Stefano U Baldassarri, and Rolf Bagemihl. 2003. Biographical Writings. I Tatti Renaissance library ; 9. Vol. 9. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 9, xix, 330 p. Publisher's Version Abstract

Lives of three illustrious Florentine poets. Life of Dante ; Life of Francesca Petrarca ; Life of Giovanni Boccaccio -- From On famous men of great age -- From Against Jews and the gentiles -- Lives of Socrates and Seneca. Life of Socrates ; Life of Seneca.

Momus
Alberti, Leon Battista, Virginia Brown, and Sarah Knight. 2003. Momus. I Tatti Renaissance library ; 8. Vol. 8. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 8, xxv, 407 p. Publisher's Version
Famous Women
Boccaccio, Giovanni. 2003. Famous Women. Edited by Virginia Brown. Vol. [1]. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, [1], 282. Hollis
On Discovery
Vergilius, Polydorus., and Brian P Copenhaver. 2002. On Discovery. I Tatti Renaissance library ; 6. Vol. 6. Cambridge, Massachusetts; London: Harvard University Press, 6, xxx, 721 p. Publisher's Version
Humanist Educational Treatises
Kallendorf, Craig. 2002. Humanist Educational Treatises. I Tatti Renaissance library ; 5. Vol. 5. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 5, xvi, 358 p. Publisher's Version Abstract

The character and studies befitting a free-born youth / Pier Paolo Vergerio -- The study of literature / Leonardo Bruni -- The education of boys / Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini -- A program of teaching and learning / Battista Guarino.

Famous Women
Boccaccio, Giovanni, and Virginia Brown. 2001. Famous Women. Vol. 1. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1, xxv, 530 p. Publisher's Version Abstract

Eve, our first mother -- Semiramis, Queen of the Assyrians -- Opis, wife of Saturn -- Juno, Goddess of kingdoms -- Cres, Goddes of the harvest and Queen of Sicily -- Minrva -- Venus, Queen of Cyprus -- Isis, Queen and Goddess of Egypt -- Europa, Queen of Crete -- Marpesia and Lampedo, Queens of the Amazons -- Thisbe, a Babylonian maiden -- Hypermnestra, Queen of the Argives and Pirestess of Juno -- Niobe, Queen of Thebes -- Hypsipyle, Queen of Lemnos -- Medea, Queen of Colchis -- Arachne of Colophon -- Orithya and Antiope, Queens of the Amazons -- Erythraea or Herophile, a Sibyl -- Medusa, Daughter of Phorcus -- Iole, Daughter of the king of the Aetolians -- Deianira, wife of Hercules -- Joscasta, Queen of Thebes -- Almathea or Diephebe, a Sibyl -- Nicostrata or Carmenta, daughter of King Ionius -- Pocris, wife of Cephalus -- Argia, wife of Polynices and daughter of King Adrastus -- Manto, daughter of Tiresias -- The wives of the MinyansPenthesilea, Queen of the Amazons -- Polyxena, Daughter of the King Priam -- Hecuba, Queen of the Trojans -- Cassandra, Daughter of King Priam of Troy -- Clytemnestra, Queen of Mycenae -- Helen, wife of King Menelaus -- Circe, daughter of the sun -- Camilla, Queen of the Volscians -- Penelope, wife of Ulysses -- Lavinia, Queen of Laurentum -- Dido or Elissa, Queen of Carthage -- Nicaula, Queen of Ethiopia -- Pamphile, daughter of Platea -- Rhea Ilia, a vestal virgin -- Gaia Cyrilla, wife of King Tarquinius Priscus -- Sappho, girl of Lesbos and poetess -- Lucretia, wife of Collatinus -- Tamyris, Queen of Scythis -- Leaena, a prostitute -- Athaliah, Queen of Jerusalem -- Cloelia, a Roman maiden -- Hippo, a Greek woman -- Megullia Dotata -- Veturia, a Roman matron -- Tamaris, daughter of Micon -- Artemisia, Queen of CariaVirginia, virgin and daughter of Virginius -- Irene, daughter of Cratinus -- Leontium -- Olympias, Queen of Macedonia -- Claudia, a vestal virgin -- Virginia, wife of Lucius Volumnius -- Flora the prostitute, Goddess of flowers and wife of Zephyrus -- A young Roman woman -- Marcia, daughter of Varro -- Sulpicia, wife of Fulvius Flaccus -- Harmonia, daughter of Gelon of Sicily -- Busa of Canosa di Puglia -- Sophonisba, Queen of Numidia -- Theoxena, daughter of Prince Herodicus -- Berenice, Queen of Cappadocia -- The wife of Orgiago the Galatian -- Tertia Aemilia, wife of the Elder Africanus -- Dripetrua, Queen of Laodicea -- Sempronia, daughter of Gracchus -- Claudia Quinta, a Roman woman -- Hypsicratea, Queen of Pontus -- Sempronia, a Roman woman -- The wifes of the Cimbrians -- Julia, daughter of Cato Uticensis -- Curia, wife of Quintus Lucretius -- Hortensia, daughter of Quintus Hortnesius -- Sulpicia, wife of TruscellioCornificia, a poetess -- Mariamme, Queen of Judaea -- Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt -- Antonia, daughter of Antony -- Agrippina, wife of Germanicus -- Paulina, a Roman woman -- Agrippina, mother of the Emperor Nero -- Epicharis, a freedwoman -- Pompeia Paulina, wife of Seneca -- Sabina Poppaea, wife of Nero -- Triaria, wife of Lucius Vitellius -- Proba, wife of Adelphus -- Faustina Augusta -- Symiamira, woman of Emesa -- Zenobia, Queen of Palmyra -- Joan, an Englishwoman and pope -- Irene, Empress of Constantinople -- Gualdrada, a Florentine maiden -- Constance, Empress of Rome and Queen of Sicily -- Camiola, a Sienese widow -- Joanna, Queen of Jerusalem and Sicily."After the composition of the Decameron, and under the influence of Petrarch's humanism, Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375) devoted the last decades of his life to compiling encyclopedic works in Latin. Among them is Famous Women, the first collection of biographies in Western literature devoted exclusively to women. The 106 women whose life stories make up this volume range from the exemplary to the notorious, from historical and mythological figures to Renaissance contemporaries. In the hands of a master storyteller, these brief biographies afford a fascinating glimpse of a moment in history when medieval attitudes toward women were beginning to give way to more modern views of their potential.Famous Women, which Boccaccio continued to revise and expand until the end of his life, became one of the most popular works in the last age of the manuscript book, and had a signal influence on many literary works, including Chaucer's Canterbury Tales and Castiglione's Courtier. This edition presents the first English translation based on the autograph manuscript of the Latin."--BOOK JACKET.

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