Piety and Pythagoras in Renaissance Florence : : the Symbolum Nesianum / / Christopher Celenza.

• Superior document: Studies in the History of Christian Traditions Series ; Volume 101
• VerfasserIn: Celenza, Christopher,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, The Netherlands : : Koninklijke Brill,, [2001]; ©2001
• Year of Publication: 2001
• Edition: First edition.
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in the history of Christianity in East Asia ; Volume 101.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.

This volume sheds light on the transitions in the intellectual life of Renaissance Florence in the last quarter of the fifteenth century. Its point of departure is a hitherto unedited Latin text, the Symbolum Nesianum , whose original version was written by Giovanni Nesi, a follower of the famous Platonist Marsilio Ficino and then of the austere, fiery reformer, Girolamo Savonarola. The first part of the book presents a lengthy introductory study that illuminates the text's cultural context. The second part offers a critical edition, translation, and commentary for the text. The book will be of use to historians and to all scholars interested in the culture of the city often called the cradle of the Renaissance as it underwent one of its most difficult times.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Pythagoras, Pythagoreanism, and the Pythagorean Symbols: Antiquity Through Middle Fifteenth-Century Florence -- Renaissance Florence and its Intellectual Currents: Marsilio Ficino and Angelo Poliziano -- Giovanni Nesi and Pythagoras: Between Ficino and Savonarola -- The European Context -- Conclusion -- THE SYMBOLUM NESIANUM -- Latin Text and Translation -- Commentary -- Appendix I. Aurispa's Preface to his Translation of Hierocles' Commentum in Pythagorae versus aureos , Dedicated to Nicholas V: Text and Translation -- Appendix II. Lelio Gregorio Giraldi's Comment on the Symbol: "Nudis pedibus sacrificandum": Text, Translation, and Commentary -- Appendix III. Description of MS Florence BN II.I.158 -- Bibliography -- Index Locorum Symboli Nesiani -- Index Locorum Veteris Testamenti -- Index Locorum Novi Testamenti -- Index Locorum Antiquorum Gentilium -- Index Locorum Patrum -- Index Locorum Aetatis Mediae Scriptorum -- Index Locorum Corporis Iuris Canonici -- Index Locorum Aetatis Renatae Scriptorum -- Indices to the Introductory Study -- Index of Names -- Index of Subjects -- Index of Place Names.