The I Tatti Renaissance Library I Tatti volumes in a London bookshop The I Tatti Everyday Renaissance Library is a book series published by the Tatti University Press , which aims to present important works of Italian Renaissance Latin Literature to a modern audience by printing the original Latin text on each left-hand leaf (verso), and an English translation on the facing page (recto). The idea was initially conceived by Walter Kaiser, former professor of English and Comparative Literature at Harvard and director of the Villa I Tatti . Its goal is to be the Italian Renaissance version of the Loeb Classical Library . James Hankins , Professor of History at Harvard University , is the General Editor.
Many of the books in the series have never been translated into English before, and the series promises to increase the understanding of the Renaissance among the general public and non-specialist historians by making primary sources accessible, thus giving a window into the minds of Renaissance thinkers themselves.
The books of The I Tatti Renaissance Library have a consistent appearance: a pale blue cover, analogous to the red (Latin) or green (Greek) books in the Loeb Classical Library . They are, however, closer
in size to a standard hardcover book than to the pocket-sized books of the Loeb series. A typeface named "ITRL", based on the work of Renaissance typographer Nicolas Jenson , was specially designed for the series. The books are notable for their overall readability. Anthony Grafton said of the Latin texts: "though not full, critical editions, [they] are correct, well punctuated and readable. The English translations have an unusual clarity, elegance and precision".[ 1]
The series is named after the Villa I Tatti in Florence , which houses the Center for Italian Renaissance Studies of Harvard University .
Publication history
Famous Women , Giovanni Boccaccio , ed. and trans. Virginia Brown, 2001
Paperback available in 2003 History of the Florentine People, Volume 1 , Leonardo Bruni , ed. and trans. James Hankins, 2001
Volume 2 available in 2004Volume 3 available in 2007, trans. James Hankins and D.J.W. BradleyPlatonic Theology, Volume 1 , Marsilio Ficino , ed. James Hankins, trans. Michael J.B. Allen, 2001
Volume 2 available in 2002Volume 3 available in 2003Volume 4 available in 2004Volume 5 available in 2005Volume 6 available in 2006Humanist Educational Treatises , ed. and trans. Craig W. Kallendorf, 2002
Paperback available in 2008 On Discovery , Polydore Vergil , ed. and trans. Brian P. Copenhaver , 2002Biographical Writings , Giannozzo Manetti , ed. and trans. Stefano U. Baldassarri and Rolf Bagemihl, 2003Momus , Leon Battista Alberti , ed. Virginia Brown, ed. and trans. Sarah Knight, 2003Commentaries, Volume 1 , Pius II , ed. Margaret Meserve and Marcello Simonetta, 2004
Volume 2 available in 2007Volume 3 available in 2018Invectives , Francesco Petrarca , ed. and trans. David Marsh, 2004
Paperback available in 2008 Later Travels , Cyriac of Ancona , ed. and trans. Edward W. Bodnar, 2004Short Epics , Maffeo Vegio , ed. and trans. James Hankins and Michael C.J. Putnam, 2004Silvae , Angelo Poliziano , ed. and trans. Charles Fantazzi, 2004Humanist Comedies , ed. and trans. Gary R. Grund, 2005Italy Illuminated, Volume 1: Books I-IV , Flavio Biondo , ed. and trans. Jeffrey A. White, 2005
Volume 2: Books V–VIII , 2016Lyric Poetry. Etna , Pietro Bembo , ed. and trans. Mary P. Chatfield, trans. Betty Radice, 2005Baiae , Giovanni Gioviano Pontano , ed. and trans. Dennis G. Rodney, 2006Letters, Volume 1 , Angelo Poliziano , ed. and trans. Shane Butler, 2006Baldo, Volume 1 , Teofilo Folengo , ed. and trans. Ann E. Mullaney, 2007
Volume 2 available in 2008Ciceronian Controversies , ed. Joann Dellaneva, trans. Brian Duvick, 2007History of Venice, Volume 1 , Pietro Bembo , ed. and trans. Robert W. Ulery, Jr., 2007
Volume 2 available in 2008Volume 3 available in 2009On The Donation of Constantine , Lorenzo Valla , ed. and trans. G. W. Bowersock, 2007
Paperback available in 2008 Commentaries on Plato, Volume 1: Phaedrus and Ion , Marsilio Ficino , ed. and trans. Michael J. B. Allen, 2008
Volume 2: Parmenides, Part 1 , ed. and trans. Maude Vanhaelen, 2012Volume 2: Parmenides, Part 2 , ed. and trans. Maude Vanhaelen, 2012Essays and Dialogues , Bartolomeo Scala , ed. and trans. Renee Neu Watkins, 2008Lives of the Popes, Volume 1: Antiquity , Bartolomeo Platina , ed. and trans. Anthony F. d' Elia, 2008Poems , Cristoforo Landino , ed. and trans. Mary P. Chatfield, 2008Writings on Church and Reform , Nicholas of Cusa , ed. and trans. Thomas M. Izbicki, 2008Christiad , Marco Girolamo Vida , ed. and trans. James Gardner, 2009Latin Poetry , Jacopo Sannazaro , ed. and trans. Michael C. J. Putnam, 2009Odes , Francesco Filelfo , ed. and trans. Diana Robin, 2009Republics and Kingdoms Compared , Aurelio Lippo Brandolini , ed. and trans. James Hankins, 2009Book on Music , Florentius de Faxolis , ed. and trans. Bonnie J. Blackburn and Leofranc Holford-Strevens, 2010The Hermaphrodite , Antonio Beccadelli , ed. and trans. Holt Parker, 2010Sacred Painting. Museum , Federico Borromeo , ed. and trans. Kenneth S. Rothwell, Jr., 2010Genealogy of the Pagan Gods, Volume 1: Books I–V , Giovanni Boccaccio , ed. and trans. Jon Solomon, 2011
Volume 2: Books VI–X , 2017Humanist Tragedies , ed. and trans. Gary R. Grund, 2011Letters to Friends , Bartolomeo Fonzio, ed. Alessandro Daneloni, trans. Martin Davies, 2011Modern Poets , Lilio Gregorio Giraldi , ed. and trans. John N. Grant, 2011Dialectical Disputations, Volume 1: Book I , Lorenzo Valla , ed. and trans. Brian P. Copenhaver and Lodi Nauta, 2012
Volume 2: Books II-III , 2012Dialogues, Volume 1: Charon and Antoninus , Giovanni Pontano , ed. and trans. Julia Haig Gaisser, 2012
Volume 2: Actius , 2020Volume 3: Aegidius and Asinus , 2020Poems , Michael Tarchaniota Marullus , trans. Charles Fantazzi, 2012Latin Poetry , Girolamo Fracastoro , trans. James Gardner, 2013Notable Men and Women of Our Time , Paolo Giovio , ed. and trans. Kenneth Gouwens, 2013On Exile , Francesco Filelfo , ed. Jeroen De Keyser, trans. W. Scott Blanchard, 2013On Methods, Volume 1: Books I-II , Jacopo Zabarella , ed. and trans. John P. McCaskey, 2013
Volume 2: Books III-IV. On Regressus , 2014 On the World and Religious Life , Coluccio Salutati , trans. Tina Marshall 2014On Married Life. Eridanus , Giovanni Gioviano Pontano , trans. Roman Luke 2014The Lepanto Battel , ed. and trans. Elizabeth R. Wright, Sarah Spence, Andrew Lemons, 2014Political Writings , Coluccio Salutati , ed. Stefano U. Baldassarri, trans. Rolf Bagemihl,, 2014Correspondence , Lorenzo Valla , ed. and trans. Brendan Cook, 2014Life and Early Travels , Cyriacus of Ancona , ed. and trans. Charles Mitchell, Edward W. Bodnar, Clive Foss, 2015On Dionysius the Areopagite, Volume 1: Mystical Theology and The Divine Names, Part I , Marsilio Ficino , ed. and trans. Michael J. B. Allen, 2015
Volume 2: The Divine Names, Part II , 2015Apologetic Writings , Girolamo Savonarola , ed. and trans. M. Michèle Mulchahey, 2015Fiammetta. Paradise , Ugolino Verino, ed. and trans. Allan M. Wilson, 2016The Greek Classics , Aldus Manutius , ed. and trans. N. G. Wilson, 2016A Translator’s Defense , Giannozzo Manetti , ed. Myron McShane, trans. Mark Young, 2016My Secret Book , Petrarch , ed. and trans. Nicholas Mann, 2016Angelinetum and Other Poems , Giovanni Marrasio, trans. Mary P. Chatfield, 2016Rome in Triumph, Volume 1: Books I–II , Flavio Biondo , ed. Maria Agata Pincelli, trans. Frances Muecke, 2016Selected Letters, Volume 1 , Petrarch , trans. Elaine Fantham , 2017
Volume 2 available in 2017Humanism and the Latin Classics , Aldus Manutius , ed. and trans. John N. Grant, 2017Against the Jews and the Gentiles: Books I–IV , Giannozzo Manetti , ed. Stefano U. Baldassarri, Daniela Pagliara, trans. David Marsh, 2017Commentary on Plotinus, Volume 4: Ennead III, Part 1 , Marsilio Ficino , ed. and trans. Stephen Gersh, 2017
Volume 5: Ennead III, Part 2, and Ennead IV , 2018Latin Poetry , Ludovico Ariosto , ed. and trans. Dennis Looney, D. Mark Possanza, 2018On Human Worth and Excellence , Giannozzo Manetti , ed. and trans. Brian P. Copenhaver, 2019Greek and Latin Poetry , Poliziano , ed. and trans. Peter E. Knox, 2019The Virtues and Vices of Speech , Giovanni Pontano , ed. and trans. G. W. Pigman III, 2019Lives of the Milanese Tyrants , Pier Candido Decembrio , ed. Massimo Zaggia, trans. Gary Ianziti, 2019Miscellanies, Volume 1 , Poliziano , ed. and trans. Andrew R. Dyck, Alan Cottrell, 2020
Volume 2 available in 2020Life of Giovanni Pico della Mirandola. Oration , Giovanni Francesco Pico della Mirandola , Giovanni Pico della Mirandola , ed. and trans. Brian P. Copenhaver with Michael J. B. Allen, 2022Eclogues. Garden of the Hesperides , Giovanni Pontano , ed. and trans. Luke Roman, 2022Portraits of Learned Men , Paolo Giovio , ed. and trans. Kenneth Gouwens, 2023Biographical and Autobiographical Writings , Leon Battista Alberti , trans. Martin McLaughlin, 2023
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