To Wake the Dead: A Renaissance Merchant and the Birth of Archaeology
ISBN-13:
9780393065541
ISBN-10:
0393065545
Edition:
First Edition
Author:
Marina Belozerskaya
Publication date:
2009
Publisher:
W. W. Norton & Company
Format:
Hardcover
320 pages
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ISBN-13:
9780393065541
ISBN-10:
0393065545
Edition:
First Edition
Author:
Marina Belozerskaya
Publication date:
2009
Publisher:
W. W. Norton & Company
Format:
Hardcover
320 pages
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To Wake the Dead: A Renaissance Merchant and the Birth of Archaeology (ISBN-13: 9780393065541 and ISBN-10: 0393065545), written by authors
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Description
How Cyriacus of Ancona―merchant, spy, and amateur classicist―traveled the world, fighting to save ancient monuments for posterity.
At the beginning of the fifteenth century, a young Italian bookkeeper fell under the spell of the classical past. Despite his limited education, the Greeks and Romans seemed to speak directly to him―not from books but from the physical ruins and inscriptions that lay neglected around the shores of the Mediterranean.As an international merchant, Cyriacus of Ancona was accustomed to the perils of travel in foreign lands―unlike his more scholarly peers with their handsome libraries and wealthy patrons, who benefited greatly from the discoveries communicated in his widely distributed letters and drawings. Having seen firsthand the destruction of the world’s cultural heritage, Cyriacus resolved to preserve it for future generations. To do so he would spy on the Ottomans, court popes and emperors, and even organize a crusade.25 illustrationsWe would LOVE it if you could help us and other readers by reviewing the book
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