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Article: Petrarch's Guide to the Holy Land: 'Itinerary to the Sepulcher of Our Lord Jesus Christ'.(Book Review)
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- The Modern Language Review
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- July 1, 2004
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Petrarch's Guide to the Holy Land: 'Itinerary to the Sepulcher of Our Lord Jesus Christ'. Ed. and trans, by THEODORE J. CACHEY, JR. Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press. 2002. x+235pp. $37.50. ISBN 0-2568-03873-2.
This elegant edition consists of a very informative and engaging introduction by Theodore Cachey on the status of travel literature within the Italian literary canon, on Petrarch's travels and his subsequent accounts, on the features of this Itinerarium, on its content, its textual problems, and its early dissemination and reception. There follows a facsimile edition of the Cremona manuscript (BB. 1.2.5) with a transcription and the first ever ...
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