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Philippus de Diversis, Description of the Illustrious City of Dubrovnik
A Unique 15th-Century Urban Record
Series: - The Medieval Mediterranean, Volume: 148
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This is the first English-language translation of the description of 15th-century Dubrovnik by the humanist Philippus de Diversis. The text provides a unique account of all aspects of urban life; it is unusual in that it includes themes which were not usually found in city praises, such as the plague control measures and the functioning of public offices.
Diversisâ aim was to describe âthe honour and the reputation of the city of Dubrovnik, which through his endeavour was to last foreverâ. His work is documentary, literary, and personal, and as this edition testifies, it is still read and admired six centuries later.
Diversisâ aim was to describe âthe honour and the reputation of the city of Dubrovnik, which through his endeavour was to last foreverâ. His work is documentary, literary, and personal, and as this edition testifies, it is still read and admired six centuries later.
Vesna Blažina is a librarian and translator who worked at Université de Montréal. She is the co-author of two books: Expelling the Plague: The Health Office and the Implementation of Quarantine in Dubrovnik, 1377-1533 (Montreal , 2015); and Knjiga gospode zdravstvenih službenika 1500-1530 / Libro deli Signori Chazamorbi 1500-1530 / Book of the Gentlemen Health Officials 1500-1530, (Zagreb, 2021).
List of Figure and Maps
A Note on Names
Translatorâs Introduction
Maps
âCity of Merchants Who Hold the Title of Patricians: Philippus de Diversis and His Praise of Dubrovnik
âZdenka JanekoviÄ-Römer
âLocation, Buildings, Government, and Praiseworthy Customs of the Illustrious City of Dubrovnik
âPhilippus de Diversis
Bibliography
Index
A Note on Names
Translatorâs Introduction
Maps
âCity of Merchants Who Hold the Title of Patricians: Philippus de Diversis and His Praise of Dubrovnik
âZdenka JanekoviÄ-Römer
âLocation, Buildings, Government, and Praiseworthy Customs of the Illustrious City of Dubrovnik
âPhilippus de Diversis
Bibliography
Index
Historians, medieval historians, historians of the Early Modern Period, medical historians, art historians, city planners, economists, academic libraries, research institutes, post-graduate students, and students.