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Recensione ad Angelo Poliziano, Greek and Latin Poetry, edited and translated by P.E. Knox, Cambridge [Mass.]-London, Harvard University Press, 2018,…
2021
Recensione ad Angelo Poliziano, Greek and Latin Poetry, edited and translated by P.E. Knox, Cambridge [Mass.]-London, Harvard University Press, 2018. Si tratta dell'edizione, criticamente rivista, con introduzione, traduzione inglese a fronte e commento, di tutta la produzione poetica greca e latina del Poliziano. Il volume è stato pubblicato nel 2018 all'interno della serie The I Tatti Renaissance Library. Review to Angelo Poliziano, Greek and Latin Poetry, edited and translated by P.E. Knox, Cambridge [Mass.] - London, Harvard University Press, 2018. This is the critically revised edition, with introduction, English translation and commentary, of all of Poliziano's Greek and Latin poetry.…
Poisoning histories in the Italian renaissance: The case of Pico Della Mirandola and Angelo Poliziano.
2018
Giovanni Pico della Mirandola and Angelo Poliziano were two of the most important humanists of the Italian Renaissance. They died suddenly in 1494 and their deaths have been for centuries a subject of debate. The exhumation of their remains offered the opportunity to study the cause of their death through a multidisciplinary research project. Anthropological analyses, together with documentary evidences, radiocarbon dating and ancient DNA analysis supported the identification of the remains attributed to Pico. Macroscopic examination did not reveal paleopathological lesions or signs related to syphilis. Heavy metals analysis, carried out on bones and mummified tissues, showed that in Pico's…