Italy: Renaissance People and Works

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Eyewitness accounts of historic events from the Black Plague to the Crusades to Columbus’ discovery of America.
(585-1597; English transcription)
Online database
In cooperation with Fordham University
(1265-1574; English transcriptions)
Collection of books, incunabula, and manuscripts from the period of the Renaissance.
Includes letters written between members of the Medici family of Florence and others in their social and political circles.
Search collection by author, location, subject, or time period by using navigation tools "collection's indexes" on right side of page.
(14th - 16th centuries; facsimiles and transcriptions)
Letters of one of the earliest humanists.
From the Hanover Historical Texts Collection
(14th century; English translation)
Collection documenting Italian dance history from the Renaissance to the early twentieth century.
(Renaissance - 20th century; facsimile images)
  • Dante Resources on the Web
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(14th century; English and Italian)
By Petrus Paulus Vergerius. He has been referred to in connection with Humanism at Padua during the period when Vittorino da Feltre was residing there.
From the Hanover Historical Texts Collection
(ca 15th century; English translation)
This short Treatise, cast as usual in the form of a Letter, is probably the earliest humanist tract upon Education expressly dedicated to a Lady; just as Baptista di Montefeltro, to whom it is addressed, may stand as the first of the succession of studious women who were a characteristic product of the Renaissance.
From the Hanover Historical Texts Collection
(15th century; English translation)
"In addressing ourselves to the question of the education of a boy in whom we are interested, we must first of all satisfy ourselves that lie is endowed by Nature with a good and a teachable disposition."
From the Hanover Historical Texts Collection
(1450; English translation)
Letter from Leonardo Da Vinci to the Duke of Milan Applying for a Position.
(15th century; English transcription)
570 images from Leonardo da Vinci's Codex Arundel.
Digitised by the British Library
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(late 15th - early 16th century; facsimiles and audio files)
In addition to hands-on interactive design experiments, the user can access primary documents.
A project of the Victoria & Albert Museum in cooperation with the University of the Arts London..
(1452-1519; facsimiles, commentary essays and interactive participation).
Leonardo da Vinci's collected notes.
(1452-1519; facsimiles)
With digitized images of drawings from the Renaissance genius.
A project / exhibit of of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
(1452-1519; facsimiles, commentary essays and audio files).
Concerning the order and method to be observed in teaching and in reading the classical authors.
From the Hanover Historical Texts Collection
(1459; English translation)
THIS EXHIBITION presents Renaissance editions of Dante's Divine Comedy from the John A. Zahm, C.S.C., Dante Collection at the University of Notre Dame, together with selected treasures from The Newberry Library.
(1472-1627: facsimiles; English and Italian)
A widely influential philosophical treatise
From the Internet History Sourcebook
(1513; English translation)
With direct links to other useful websites. Access to Hathitrust books is free.
(1564-1642; English)
From the Internet Medieval Sourcebook.
(transcriptions & translations)
From Hanover College's Internet Archive.
(Facsimiles, transcriptions & translations)
Collection of 62 books and manuscripts from Italy around the renaissance centuries.
In cooperation with the Library of Congress
(Italian and Latin facsimiles)

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