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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]