Ambrogio Traversari, on the libraries of the Byzantine delegates to the Council of Florence (Letter to Philip di Ser Ugolino Pieruzzi) (original) (raw)

Ambrogio Traversari, on the libraries of the Byzantine delegates to the Council of Florence (Letter to Philip di Ser Ugolino Pieruzzi)

A rough translation of Traversari's letter to fellow humanist and bibliophile Philip of Ser Ugolino Pieruzzi on the books brought to Florence by the Orthodox delegation at the Council of Florence . Specific mention is made of John VIII Palaiologus, Bessarion, and Mark Eugenikos. Especially interesting is the humanist's praise for Bessarion and Mark as men of culture and learning.