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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