Thank you. That was actually what I meant but did not articulate it
properly.
Thanks again,
Robert
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dr. James S. Grubb [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 1999 12:51 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: RE: Italia/Turchia
>
>
> That's a straightforward, yes or no question, but I'll have to
> equivocate somewhat. Both the histories and the relazioni were written by
> well-educated diplomats who largely use the common Italian of the day.
> However, especially the relazioni were written for a Venetian audience,
> and Venetian vocabulary and phrases do creep in. I wouldn't characterize
> the language as dialect -- and indeed they are entirely comprehensible to
> Italianists generally -- but there is an unmistakable Venetian flavor to
> all the works.
>
> James Grubb
>
> On Tue, 31 Aug 1999, COLASACCO, ROBERT wrote:
> > What would interest me is if they were written in Venetian dialect.
> Would
> > you know if that is the case?
> > Thank you,
> > Robert Colasacco
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Dr. James S. Grubb [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> > > Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 1999 9:12 AM
> > > To: [log in to unmask]
> > > Subject: Re: Italia/Turchia
> > >
> > >
> > > Probably the most concentrated writing on Turkey, not
> > > surprisingly, came from Venetians. Two that come to mind are:
> > > Benedetto Ramberti, Libri tre delle cose de' Turchi, published in
> > > the collection Viaggi fatti da Venetia alla Tana, in Persia, in India
> et
> > > in Constantinopoli (Venice, 1543)
> > > Marco Guazzo, Le guerre di Mahometo gran Turco fatte con Venetiane
> > > (Venice, 1552)
> > > Published in this century, but written in the sixteenth, is Donato
> > > da Lezze, Historia turchescha (Bucharest, 1909)
> > >
> > > The best sixteenth sources for Turkey itself (as opposed to its
> > > foreign wars) are the reports of Venetian ambassadors and secretaries.
> > > There are extensive collections of these relazioni edited by Eugenio
> > > Alberi, Massimo Firpo, Arnaldi Segarizzi and Angelo Ventura. The
> reports
> > > from Constantinople are especially detailed.
> > >
> > > James Grubb
> > > History, UMBC
> > >
> > >
> > > On Tue, 31 Aug 1999, Antonio Pagliaro wrote:
> > > > A graduate student asks me:
> > > > 1 For the titles of Italian works on Turkey published in the
> sixteenth
> > > century.
> > >
> > >
> >
>
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