In 1503, the well-known humanist Giovanni Calfurnio died, leaving his library to the Convent of San Giovanni da Verdara in Padua, Italy. The collection was later dispersed and only a handful of manuscripts once belonging to Calfurnio have been identified so far. In this study, we offer a paleographical assessment of Calfurnio’s Greek script and we present several new manuscripts in which his hand has been identified. Among the most noticeable findings are his copies of Pausanias and Stephanus of Byzantium – two manuscripts believed to have been lost which played a major role in the transmission of these texts.

Per i Graeca di Giovanni Calfurnio. Codici, postillati e alcune nuove attribuzioni

Ciro Giacomelli
2020

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In 1503, the well-known humanist Giovanni Calfurnio died, leaving his library to the Convent of San Giovanni da Verdara in Padua, Italy. The collection was later dispersed and only a handful of manuscripts once belonging to Calfurnio have been identified so far. In this study, we offer a paleographical assessment of Calfurnio’s Greek script and we present several new manuscripts in which his hand has been identified. Among the most noticeable findings are his copies of Pausanias and Stephanus of Byzantium – two manuscripts believed to have been lost which played a major role in the transmission of these texts.
2020
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