Sunday, May 15, 2011

THE BLANIS LETTERS...NOW AVAILABLE!


A JEW AT THE MEDICI COURT:
THE LETTERS OF
BENEDETTO BLANIS HEBREO
(1615-1621)




University of Toronto Press
ISBN 978-1-4426-4383-3
448 pages; Clothbound
$85 (Cover Price)




CIAO, TUTTI!

A Jew at the Medici Court: The Letters of Benedetto Blanis Hebreo (1615-1621) has been  released by the University of Toronto Press. This is the essential companion volume to Jews and Magic in Medici Florence, featuring Benedetto’s two hundred letters to his great patron Don Giovanni dei Medici, exactly as he wrote them —plus English language summaries and explanatory notes.

 

A JEW AT THE MEDICI COURT...

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A JEW AT THE MEDICI COURT:
THE LETTERS OF
BENEDETTO BLANIS HEBREO
(1615-1621)




OCTOBER 2011 (Release Date)
University of Toronto Press
ISBN 978-1-4426-4383-3
448 pages; Clothbound
$85 (Cover Price)




INTRODUCTION: THE BLANIS LETTERS


I. WORDS ON PAPER
II. CLIENT AND PATRON
III. THE ACCIDENT OF SURVIVAL
IV. DATING AND PROVENANCE
V. NAMES AND REFERENCES
VI. RELATED DOCUMENTATION