Category: Guidebook
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 Giuseppe Martini, Theatrum Basilicae pisanae (1705)
Michelagnolo di Cristofano da Volterra, Le mirabile et inaldite belleze e adornamenti del Campo Sancto di Pisa (c. 1487-1499)
Little is known about the author of the poem "The Wondrous and Incredible Beauties and Adornments of the Camposanto in Pisa". From a short text which he wrote about himself on the 6th of June 1488 we know that Cristofano di Giovanni da Volterra was born in the city of Volterra on the 29th of…Continue reading Michelagnolo di Cristofano da Volterra, Le mirabile et inaldite belleze e adornamenti del Campo Sancto di Pisa (c. 1487-1499)
Ranieri Prosperi, Descrizione della città di Pisa (1792)
In his Descrizione della città di Pisa of 1792, Ranieri Prosperi gives an account of the history of the Camposanto, the architecture and the paintings. He agrees with other authors that it was Archbishop Ubaldo who brought the earth from the Holy Land and that he was the one who founded the Camposanto, although it…Continue reading Ranieri Prosperi, Descrizione della città di Pisa (1792)
Gioacchino Cambiagi (1747-1822), Il forestiero erudito (1773)
Gioacchino Cambiagi writes about the Camposanto in his Il forestiero erudito from 1773. He discusses the architecture and the history of the building as well as the paintings, although not in much detail. He does mention important dates and names that were part of the early stages of construction, and he also relates how it…Continue reading Gioacchino Cambiagi (1747-1822), Il forestiero erudito (1773)
Pandolfo Titi (1696-1765), Guida per il passeggiere dilettante di pittura, scultura, architettura nella Città di Pisa (1751)
Pandolfo Titi’s Guida per il passeggiere dilettante di pittura, scultura, architettura nella Città di Pisa, from 1751, is considered to be the first guide (in the eighteenth-century sense of the word) to Pisa. From 1726, Titi was a member of the order of St. Stephen. His aim seems to be to provide a guide for…Continue reading Pandolfo Titi (1696-1765), Guida per il passeggiere dilettante di pittura, scultura, architettura nella Città di Pisa (1751)