Jan Adorno (1444-1510), Anselmi Adournes Itinerarium Terrae Sanctae (1471 version)

The Flemish nobleman and courtier Anselm Adorno (1424-1483), belonged to a Genoan family that had moved to Bruges three generations earlier. Adorno went on pilgrimage to the Holy Land in spring 1470. Before leaving from Genoa, the city of his ancestors, Anselm, his son Jan Adorno (1444-1510), and a small group of companions, went to…Continue reading

Giuseppe Martini, Theatrum Basilicae pisanae (1705)

Giuseppe Martini provides an extensive description of the Camposanto. His Theatrum Basilicae Pisanae was published in 1705 in Rome. He talks not only about the architecture but also about the paintings and the tombs. There are four chapters dealing with the Camposanto. The first is about the location and the exterior view of the cemetery.…Continue reading

Raffaele Maffei (1451-1522), Commentariorum urbanorum (1506)

Raffaele Maffei was an Italian humanist, historian and theologian. He was also a member of the Servite Order. The Commentariorum urbanorum from 1506 is an encyclopedia. It consists of three parts: in “Geography,” Maffei writes about history and the whole world arranged by location; the second part, “Anthropology,” is devoted to contemporaneous history; and the…Continue reading

Antonio Felice Mattei (1726-1794), Ecclesiae pisanae historia (1768)

In the Ecclesiae pisanae historia from 1768, Antonio Felice Mattei describes the history of the Pisan church and he writes about the important figures that were part of the church in Pisa. In his chapter on Ubaldo Lanfranchi, he briefly mentions the founding of the Camposanto in the year 1200, and that it was Ubaldo…Continue reading

Felix Fabri (1438/39-1502), Evagatorium in Terrae Sanctae, Arabiae et Egypti Peregrinationem (c. 1484-88)

Born as Felix Schmid in Zurich, Fabri entered the Dominican order as a young man, and from 1468 on was a member of the Dominican convent of Ulm. In 1480 and in 1483/84 he undertook two pilgrimages to the Near East, and after his return from the second journey he composed a long and detailed…Continue reading

Giacomo Filippo Foresti (1434-1520), Supplementum Chronicarum (1483)

Giacomo Filippo Foresti was from a noble family near Bergamo and entered the order of the Augustine Hermits at the age of 17 or 18. Author of several historiographical and humanist publications, he composed the “Supplementum” as an updated version of older world chronicles, following a strict chronological order of presentation. The book was reprinted…Continue reading

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