MICHELANGELO FLORIO’S SONG TO COSIMO I DE’ MEDICI
A NEW DOCUMENT ON MICHELANGELO FLORIO Recently, I had the pleasure to discover a new document on Michelangelo Florio that has never come to light before, which testifies his interest […]
JOHN FLORIO, ITALIAN AMBASSADORS, & THE WEDDING OF COSIMO II AND MARIA MADDALENA
In 1609, John Florio asked the Venetian ambassador Giustinian to send him a book that became the source of many English court masques. With the accession of James I in […]
RENAISSANCE POLITICAL THEORY IN TRANSLATION: JOHN FLORIO AN THE BASILIKON DORON
FLORIO’S TRANSLATION WORKED AS BOTH LINGUISTIC EXERCISE AND A MEDITATION ON POLITICS When King James VI of Scotland ascended to the throne of England in 1603, John Florio (1553-1625), well […]
POLYGLOT ENCOUNTERS IN EARLY MODERN ENGLISH NARRATIVES OF DISTANT TRAVELS
JOIN THE ONLINE SEMINAR “TRAVEL AND TRANSLATION IN JOHN FLORIO’S TWO NAVIGATIONS” ON 11 NOVEMBER In an age of geographic discoveries and colonisation, easier communication, and international trade growing steadily […]
BRITISH LIBRARY UNVEILS JOHN FLORIO’S LETTER TO SIR ROBERT COTTON
Read the original document handwritten by John Florio The British Library has digitised a collection of original letters addressed to Sir Robert Bruce Cotton , (b. 1571, d. 1631), first […]