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

Don Fadrique Enríquez de Ribera (1476-1539), El Viaje a Jerusalén (c. 1518-1520)

Sevillan Don Fadrique Enríquez de Ribera was Marquis of Tarifa, Governor of Andalusia, Lord of Bornos, as well as proprietor of Ribera and Alcalá de los Gazules. His socio-political position among the Andalusian elite was thanks to his descent from an old Castilian line, his marriage to Beatriz and later Catalina Ribera, and his kinship…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

Marco di Bartolomeo Rustici (1392-1457), Dimostrazione dell’andata o viaggio al Santo Sepolcro (1442-1455)

The book from which the following two texts come is rather unique: it is the fictitious account of a pilgrimage to Jerusalem and Mount Sinai which the Florentine goldsmith Marco di Bartolomeo Rustici is presumed to have undertaken. Starting with a detailed description of his hometown – extensively illustrated with drawings – Rustici begins an…Continue reading

Written Camposanto

The Pisan Cemetery through the Eyes of Chroniclers, Artists and Travelers

Category: Pilgrimage account

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

Don Fadrique Enríquez de Ribera (1476-1539), El Viaje a Jerusalén (c. 1518-1520)

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

Marco di Bartolomeo Rustici (1392-1457), Dimostrazione dell’andata o viaggio al Santo Sepolcro (1442-1455)