I Libri Commemoriali Della Republica Di Venezia: Regestri Contributor(s): Predelli, Riccardo (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1108043259 ISBN-13: 9781108043250 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $36.09 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Language: Italian Published: February 2012 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - General |
Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Medieval History |
Physical Information: 0.53" H x 6.69" W x 9.61" (0.89 lbs) 250 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: This eight-volume set of summaries of state documents (commemoriali) of the Republic of Venice was compiled and edited by Riccardo Predelli (1842-1909), and appeared between 1876 and 1914 as part of a wider series, 'Monumenti Storici', devoted to publishing the content of the nine-hundred-year-old archives of Venice at a time when the original documents seemed in danger of being lost through decay. Predelli notes in his preface that a similar concern was expressed by Doge Iacopo Tiepolo, who in 1248 ordered a commission to sort and codify the legal statutes of the city, which were in complete confusion. The works, arranged roughly in chronological order, provide summaries (and sometimes complete documents) of the political, diplomatic, commercial and legal activities of the Republic, and are a fascinating research resource. Volume 7 (published 1907) contains books 24-28 of the Commemoriali, covering the period from the 1560s to the 1640s. |