http://makingrenmanuscripts.exhibits.library.upenn.edu/files/original/c0cca8fa1c47d693c8bd55c31cbe6671.png 44040fc6f8d541168c94bbc58ae770e0 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 9. Transmitting Knowledge; Greek Scholarship Reborn Subject The topic of the resource Greek Scholarship Reborn Description An account of the resource Alongside the groundswell of interest for locating and editing classical Latin texts came an equally powerful revival in Greek-language literature, history, and theology. Italy, owing to its privileged geography, had always been an entry point for Eastern Mediterranean ideas and people into Western Europe, but the encroachment of the Ottoman Turks on Byzantine lands led to diplomatic missions in search of Western aid. In 1397, Emperor Manuel II’s erudite legate Manuel Chrysoloras (ca. 1350–1415) was brought to Florence by the city’s influential scholar-chancellor Coluccio Salutati (1331–1406). Lecturing there for a mere three years, he became a founding figure of Greek studies, instilling a love for the language in a generation of Italian humanists including Leonardo Bruni, Niccolò Niccoli, Palla Strozzi, and Pier Paolo Vergerio the Elder. Bruni in particular would occupy himself with numerous translations from Greek into Latin, expanding the intellectual horizons of scholars across Western Europe. The Council of Ferrara-Florence (1439–44) gathered representatives of numerous Christian denominations, in an (ultimately vain) effort to unify the Church in the face of Ottoman territorial expansion. By the 1460s, a group of Hellenophile scholars active in Florence had coalesced into the Platonic Academy, whose major preoccupation was the elevation of lofty Platonic philosophy over the earthiness of Aristotelian thought. The putative leader of the group, Marsilio Ficino (1433–99), was himself a prolific translator who took it upon himself to convert the entire, diverse corpus of known works in the Platonic tradition into Latin. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Dr. Nicholas Herman Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Making the Renaissance Manuscript; Discoveries From Philadelphia Libraries Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Exhibition Catalogue Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Latin translations of Plato, Alcinous, and Pythagoras, with other humanist translations Description An account of the resource Impressed by lectures on Neoplatonism given by the Byzantine intellectual Gemisthus Pletho during the Council of Florence, Cosimo de’ Medici installed Marsilio Ficino (1433–99) as the head of a newly founded Platonic Academy in 1462. The Academy’s goal was the promotion of Plato over Aristotle as the philosopher of choice for modern Christians. To achieve this end, Ficino translated the known corpus of Platonic and Neoplatonic works. This manuscript likely belonged to an early member of the Academy. The first section consists of works by Ficino, all produced in the 1460s and 1470s and closely linked to the activities of the Academy. Ficino dedicated four of these translations to his close friend, Giovanni Cavalcanti (1444–1509) and composed a short letter addressed to Cavalcanti on the subject of friendship and the proper use of Plato’s teachings. The manuscript predates the first edition of Plato’s works in Latin by Ficino. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Translator: Marsilio Ficino; Authors: Plato, Alcinous, and Pythagoras Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource ca. 1475 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Manuscript on paper, 94 fols. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context University of Pennsylvania, Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection, LJS 438 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Florence, Italy