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The Incanto di quatro galere = An auction of four galleys / by Cunthia A. Gladen.
- Title
- The Incanto di quatro galere = An auction of four galleys / by Cunthia A. Gladen.
- Author
- Gladen, Cynthia A.
- Publication
- Minneapolis, Minn. : Associates of the James Ford Bell Library, University of Minnesota, c1997.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | KKH8508.5.I533 G55 1997 | Off-site |
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- Additional Authors
- James Ford Bell Library. Associates.
- Description
- 50 p. : ill., map; 23 cm.
- Series Statement
- The James Ford Bell Library essays, 1071-2909 ; no. 3, 1997
- Uniform Title
- Incanto di quatro galere. English.
- James Ford Bell Library essays ; no. 3
- Alternative Title
- Incanto de 4 galere
- Auction of four galleys
- Auction of 4 galleys
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History
- Note
- "The Incanto di quatro galere, or Auction of four galleys, is an Italian manuscript dated May 10 and 11, 1489 at Venice"--Introduction.
- "The merchant galley trading voyage whose sailing instructions and auction guidelines are contained in the Incanto di quatro galere dated 10 May 1489 (with an addendum dated 11 May listing the parties to whom the galleys were assigned) is typical of voyages which sailed in the lucrative Venetian maritime spice-trading networks in the latter part of the fifteenth century"--P. 5.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 49-50).
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Venice's maritime empire of the fifteenth century: the Incanto in context -- Venetian galleys and the Arsenale -- The rise of Venice in late medieval Europe -- Notes on the translation -- The translation.
- OCLC
- 38235147
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library