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Buondelmonti (other)
Buondelmonti may refer to: People *Cristoforo Buondelmonti, Italian monk and traveler *Esau de' Buondelmonti, medieval ruler of Epirus *Giorgio de' Buondelmonti, medieval ruler of Epirus *Giuseppe Maria Buondelmonti, Italian poet, orator and philosopher Other *Torre dei Buondelmonti, a medieval tower in Florence, Italy *Palazzo Buondelmonti, a palace in Piazza Santa Trinita, Florence, Italy {{dab, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cristoforo Buondelmonti
Cristoforo Buondelmonti (c. 1385 – c. 1430) was an Italian Franciscan priest and traveler, and a pioneer in promoting first-hand knowledge of Greece and its antiquities throughout the Western world. Biography Cristoforo Buondelmonti was born around 1385 into an important Florentine family. He was taught Greek by Guarino da Verona and received further education from Niccolò Niccoli, an influential Florentine humanist. By 1414 he had become a priest and served as a rector of a church in Florence.Gothoni 2003 He left his native city around 1414 in order to travel, mainly in the Aegean Islands. He visited Constantinople in the 1420s. He is the author of two historical-geographic works: the ''Descriptio insulae Cretae'' (1417, in collaboration with Niccolò Niccoli) and the ''Liber insularum Archipelagi'' (1420). These two books are a combination of geographical information and contemporary charts and sailing directions. The latter one contains the oldest surviving map of Constan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
