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
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin/Boston De Gruyter 2023
Series:Studies in Manuscript Cultures
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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.
Item Description:Creative Commons (cc), https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Physical Description:1 electronic resource (623 p.)
ISBN:9783111203447
9783111203331