2017–2018

James Hankins

GENERAL EDITOR

Shane Butler - associate editor

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GREEK AND LATIN POETRY

ANGELO POLIZIANO

Edited and translated by Peter E. Knox

Angelo Poliziano (1454–1494) was one of the great scholar-poets of the Renaissance and a leading figure in Florence during the Age of the Medici. His poetry, composed in a variety of meters, includes epigrams, elegies, and verse epistles, as well as translations of Hellenistic Greek poets. Among the first Latin poets of the Renaissance to be inspired by Homer and the poems of Greek Anthology, Poliziano’s verse ranges from love songs to funeral odes, from prayers to hymns, from invectives directed against his rivals to panegyrics of his teachers, artists, fellow humanists, and his great patron, Lorenzo de’ Medici,“il Magnifico.” The present volume includes all of Poliziano’s Greek and Latin poetry (with the exception of the Silvae, itrl 14), all translated into English for the first time.

Available Spring 2018

LATIN POETRY

LUDOVICO ARIOSTO

Edited and translated by Dennis Looney and D. Mark Possanza

Ludovico Ariosto (1474–1533), one of Italy’s greatest poets, was a leading figure of sixteenth-century Italian humanism. Ariosto’s Latin poems, translated into English for the first time in this volume, are remarkable for their erudition, technical virtuosity, and playfulness. This edition provides a new Latin text, the first to be based on a collation of the autograph manuscript and editio princeps, and offers a unique insight into the Latin formation of one of the Renaissance’s foremost vernacular writers.

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2017

196 pp.

COMMENTARIES

Volume 3: Books V–VII

PIUS II

Edited by Margaret Meserve

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2018

250 pp.

ON HUMAN WORTH AND EXCELLENCE

GIANNOZZO MANETTI

Edited and translated by Brian P. Copenhaver

Giannozzo Manetti (1396–1459), was a celebrated diplomat, historian, philosopher, and humanist scholar of the early Renaissance who mastered ancient Greek and Hebrew as well as classical Latin. In this treatise, dedicated to Alfonso of Aragon, King of Naples, Manetti addresses a question central to the anthropology of the Renaissance: what are the moral, intellec- tual, and spiritual capabilities of the unique amal- gam of body and soul that constitutes human nature? This edition contains the first complete translation into English.

Available Spring 2018

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2018

360 pp.

The diaries of Pius II give us an intimate glimpse of the life and thought of one of the greatest of the Renaissance popes. Pius II (1405–1464) began life as Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini in a small town near Siena and became a famous Latin poet and diplomat. Originally an opponent of the papacy as well as something of a libertine, Aeneas eventually reconciled himself with the Roman church and became a priest, then a cardinal. Finally he was elected Pope Pius II (1458) and dedicated his pontificate to organizing a pan-European crusade against the Ottoman Empire. Pius’s Commentaries, the only autobiography ever written by a pope, was composed in elegant humanistic Latin modeled on Caesar and Cicero. This edition contains a fresh Latin text based on the last manuscript written in Pius’s lifetime and an updated and corrected version of the 1937 translation by Florence Alden Gragg.

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COMMENTARY ON PLOTINUS

Volume 4: Ennead III, Part 1 Volume 5: Ennead III, Part 2, and Ennead IV

MARSILIO FICINO

Edited and translated by Stephen Gersh

Marsilio Ficino (1433–1499) was the leading Platonic philosopher of the Renaissance and is generally recognized as the greatest authority on ancient Platonism before modern times. Among his greatest accomplishments as a scholar was his 1492 Latin translation of the complete works of Plotinus (204–270 ce), the founder of Neoplatonism. The I Tatti edition, planned in six volumes, contains the first modern edition of the Latin text and the first translation into any modern language.

Vol. 4: Ennead III, Part 1

AGAINST THE JEWS AND THE GENTILES

Books I–IV

GIANNOZZO MANETTI

Edited by Stefano U. Baldassarri and Daniela Pagliara Translated by David Marsh

Giannozzo Manetti (1396–1459) was a celebrat- ed humanist orator, historian, philosopher, and scholar of the early Renaissance. Mastering not only classical Latin but also Greek and Hebrew, he gained access to a whole library of sources pre- viously unknown in the Latin West. Among the fruits of his studies is his treatise Against the Jews and the Gentiles, an apologia for Christianity in ten books that redefines religion in terms of “true piety,” and relates the historical development of the pagan and Jewish religions to the life of Jesus. The present volume includes the first critical edition of Books I–IV, together with the first translation of those books into any modern language.

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2017

2017

608 pp.

494 pp.

9780674974982

9780674974999

GENEALOGY OF THE PAGAN GODS

Volume 2: Books VI–X

GIOVANNI BOCCACCIO

Edited and translated by Jon Solomon

Genealogy of the Pagan Gods by Giovanni Boccaccio (1313–1375) is an ambitious work of humanistic scholarship whose goal is to plunder ancient and medieval literary sources so as to create a massive synthesis of Greek and Roman mythology. The work also contains a famous defense of the value of studying ancient pagan poetry in a Christian world. Much more than a mere compilation of pagan myths, the Genealogy incorporates hundreds of excerpts from and comments on ancient poetry, illustrative of the new spirit of philological and cultural inquiry emerging in the early Renaissance. It is a demonstration to contemporaries of the moral and cultural value of studying ancient poetry.

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512 pp.

HUMANISM AND THE LATIN CLASSICS

ALDUS MANUTIUS

Edited and translated by John N. Grant

Aldus Manutius (c. 1451–1515) was the most important and innovative scholarly publisher of the Renaissance. His Aldine Press was responsible for more first editions of classical literature, philosophy, and science than any other publisher before or since. A companion volume to I Tatti’s The Greek Classics (2016), Humanism and the Latin Classics presents all of Aldus’s prefaces to his editions of works by ancient Latin and modern humanist writers, translated for the first time into English, along with other illustrative writings by Aldus and his collaborators. They provide unique insight into the world of scholarly publishing in Renaissance Venice.

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2017

720 pp.

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itrl 78

2016

352 pp.

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FAMOUS WOMEN

Giovanni Boccaccio

2001

itrl 1

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560 pp.

PLATONIC

THEOLOGY

Marsilio Ficino

Vol. 1: Books I–IV

368 pp.

9780674003453

Vol. 2: Books V–VIII

416 pp.

9780674007642

Vol. 3: Books IX–XI

384 pp.

9780674010659

Vol. 4: Books XII–XIV

itrl 2

itrl 4

itrl 7

2001

2002

2003

itrl 13

2004

384 pp.

9780674014824

Vol. 5: Books XV–XVI

itrl 17

2005

368 pp.

9780674017191

Vol. 6: Books XVII–XVIII

itrl 23

2006

432 pp.

9780674019867

HISTORY OF

THE FLORENTINE

PEOPLE

Leonardo Bruni

Vol. 1: Books I–IV

itrl 3

2001

544 pp.

9780674005068

Vol. 2: Books V–VIII

2004

9780674010666

Vol. 3: Books IX–XII. Memoirs

itrl 27

2007

itrl 16

608 pp.

512 pp.

9780674016828

HUMANIST

EDUCATIONAL

TREATISES

itrl 5

2002

384 pp.

9780674007598

ON DISCOVERY

Polydore Vergil

itrl 6

2002

752 pp.

9780674007895

MOMUS Leon Battista Alberti

448 pp.

9780674007543

itrl 8

2003

BIOGRAPHICAL

WRITINGS

Giannozzo Manetti

2003

itrl 9

9780674011342

352 pp.

LATER TRAVELS Cyriac of Ancona

itrl 10

2004

496 pp.

9780674007581

INVECTIVES

Francesco Petrarca

itrl 11

2004

560 pp.

9780674011540

COMMENTARIES

Pius II

Vol. 1: Books I–II

itrl 12

2004

448 pp.

9780674011649

Vol. 2: Books III–IV

itrl 29

2007

416 pp.

9780674024892

Vol. 3: Books V–VII

itrl 83

2017

444 pp.

9780674058385

SILVAE

Angelo Poliziano

itrl 14

2004

240 pp.

9780674014800

SHORT EPICS

Maffeo Vegio

itrl 15

2004

256 pp.

9780674014831

LYRIC POETRY.

ETNA

Pietro Bembo

2005

itrl 18

9780674017122

304 pp.

HUMANIST

COMEDIES

2005

itrl 19

9780674017443

496 pp.

ITALY

ILLUMINATED

Biondo Flavio

Vol. 1: Books I–IV

itrl 20

2005

528 pp.

9780674017436

Vol. 2, Books V–VIII

itrl 75

2016

640 pp.

9780674054950

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LETTERS

Angelo Poliziano

Vol. 1: Books I–IV

itrl 21

2006

384 pp.

9780674021969

BAIAE

Giovanni Gioviano

Pontano

itrl 22

9780674021976

2006

272 pp.

ON THE DONATION OF CONSTANTINE Lorenzo Valla

itrl 24

2007

224 pp.

9780674025332

BALDO

Teofilo Folengo

Vol. 1: Books I–XII

itrl 25

2007

496 pp.

9780674025219

Vol. 2: Books XIII–XXV

itrl 36

2008

560 pp.

9780674031241

CICERONIAN

CONTROVERSIES

itrl 26

2007

336 pp.

9780674025202

HISTORY OF

VENICE

Pietro Bembo

Vol. 1: Books I–IV

itrl 28

2007

384 pp.

9780674022836

Vol. 2: Books V–VIII

itrl 32

2008

432 pp.

9780674022843

Vol. 3: Books IX–XII

itrl 37

2009

416 pp.

9780674022867

LIVES OF THE POPES Bartolomeo Platina Vol. 1: Antiquity

itrl 30

2008

368 pp.

9780674028197

ESSAYS AND

DIALOGUES

Bartolomeo Scala

itrl 31

2008

336 pp.

9780674028265

WRITINGS ON CHURCH AND REFORM Nicholas of Cusa

itrl 33

2008

688 pp.

9780674025240

COMMENTARIES

ON PLATO

Marsilio Ficino

Vol. 1: Phaedrus and Ion

itrl 34

2008

336 pp.

9780674031197

Vol. 2: Parmenides, Part I

itrl 51

2012

352 pp.

9780674064713

Vol. 2: Parmenides, Part II

itrl 52

2012

416 pp.

9780674064720

POEMS

Cristoforo Landino

itrl 35

2008

432 pp.

9780674031487

LATIN POETRY

Jacopo Sannazaro

itrl 38

2009

592 pp.

9780674034068

CHRISTIAD Marco Girolamo Vida

2009

itrl 39

9780674034082

496 pp.

REPUBLICS

AND KINGDOMS

COMPARED

Aurelio Lippo

Brandolini

2009

itrl 40

9780674033986

336 pp.

ODES

Francesco Filelfo

itrl 41

2009

480 pp.

9780674035638

THE

HERMAPHRODITE

Antonio Beccadelli

2010

itrl 42

9780674047570

352 pp.

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BOOK ON MUSIC Florentius de Faxolis

itrl 43

2010

368 pp.

9780674049437

SACRED PAINTING.

MUSEUM

Federico Borromeo

itrl 44

2010

336 pp.

9780674047587

HUMANIST

TRAGEDIES

itrl 45

2010

384 pp.

9780674057258

GENEALOGY OF THE PAGAN GODS Giovanni Boccaccio Vol. 1: Books I–V

928 pp.

2011

itrl 46

9780674057104

Vol. 2: Books VI–X

720 pp.

2017

itrl 81

9780674975590

LETTERS TO

FRIENDS

Bartolomeo Fonzio

itrl 47

2011

256 pp.

9780674058361

MODERN POETS Lilio Gregorio Giraldi

2011

itrl 48

9780674055759

400 pp.

DIALECTICAL

DISPUTATIONS

Lorenzo Valla

Vol. 1: Book I

2012

itrl 49

448 pp.

9780674055766

Vol. 2: Books II–III

itrl 50

2012

326 pp.

9780674061408

DIALOGUES

Giovanni Gioviano

Pontano

Vol. 1: Charon and Antonius

itrl 53

2012

290 pp.

9780674054912

POEMS

Michael Marullus

itrl 54

2012

280 pp.

9780674055063

ON EXILE

Francesco Filelfo

itrl 55

2013

512 pp.

9780674066366

NOTABLE MEN AND WOMEN OF OUR TIME Paolo Giovio

itrl 56

2013

784 pp.

9780674055056

LATIN POETRY

Girolamo Fracastoro

itrl 57

2013

560 pp.

9780674072718

ON METHODS

Jacopo Zabarella

Vol. 1: Books I–II

itrl 58

2013

312 pp.

9780674724792

Vol. 2: Books III–IV. On Regressus

itrl 59

2013

412 pp.

9780674724808

CORRESPONDENCE

Lorenzo Valla

2014

itrl 60

9780674724679

448 pp.

THE BATTLE

OF LEPANTO

itrl 61

2014

560 pp.

9780674725423

ON THE WORLD AND RELIGIOUS LIFE Coluccio Salutati

itrl 62

2014

416 pp.

9780674055148

ON MARRIED

LOVE. ERIDANUS

Giovanni Gioviano

Pontano

itrl 63

9780674728660

2014

416 pp.

POLITICAL

WRITINGS

Coluccio Salutati

itrl 64

2014

528 pp.

9780674728677

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itrl 65

2015

400 pp.

9780674599208

ON DIONYSIUS THE AREOPAGITE Marsilio Ficino Vol. 1: Mystical Theology and The Divine Names, Part I

itrl 66

9780674058354

Vol. 2: The Divine Names, Part II

itrl 67

9780674743793

2015

2015

592 pp.

528 pp.

APOLOGETIC

WRITINGS

Girolamo Savonarola

itrl 68

2015

464 pp.

9780674054981

FIAMMETTA.

PARADISE

Ugolino Verino

itrl 69

2015

335 pp.

9780674088627

THE GREEK

CLASSICS

Aldus Manutius

itrl 70

2016

416 pp.

9780674088672

A TRANSLATOR’S

DEFENSE

Giannozzo Manetti

itrl 71

2016

352 pp.

9780674088658

MY SECRET BOOK Francesco Petrarca

304 pp.

2016

itrl 72

9780674003460

ANGELINETUM AND

OTHER POEMS

Giovanni Marrasio

itrl 73

2016

320 pp.

9780674545021

ROME IN TRIUMPH Biondo Flavio

Vol. 1: Books I–II

itrl 74

2016

448 pp.

9780674055049

SELECTED LETTERS

Francesco Petrarca

Vol. 1

itrl 76

9780674058347

Vol. 2

itrl 77

9780674971622

2016

2016

688 pp.

736 pp.

HUMANISM AND THE LATIN CLASSICS Aldus Manutius

itrl 78

2016

352 pp.

9780674971639

AGAINST THE JEWS AND THE GENTILES Giannozzo Manetti

itrl 79

2017

512 pp.

9780674974975

COMMENTARY

ON PLOTINUS

Marsilio Ficino

Vol. 4: Ennead III, Part 1

itrl 80

2017

608 pp.

9780674974982

Vol. 5: Ennead III, Part 2, and Ennead IV

itrl 82

2017

494 pp.

9780674974999

LATIN POETRY

Ludovico Ariosto

itrl 84

2017

196 pp.

9780674977174

ON HUMAN WORTH AND EXCELLENCE Giannozzo Manetti

itrl 85

2018

360 pp.

9780674984585

GREEK AND

LATIN POETRY

Angelo Poliziano

itrl 86

2018

250 pp.

9780674984578

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THE AVIGNON PAPACY CONTESTED

An Intellectual History from Dante to Catherine of Siena

UNN FALKEID

“In this intellectually ambitious book, Falkeid demonstrates quite well how the development of the Avignon papacy created a disconcerting yet fertile environment that forced many of the smartest people in Europe at the time to confront new issues and strike out in new directions. A fine piece of scholarship.” —George W. Dameron, author of Florence and Its Church in the Age of Dante

I Tatti Studies in Italian Renaissance History 2017 288 pp. $49.95 | £39.95 cloth 9780674971844

CLERICAL HOUSEHOLDS IN LATE MEDIEVAL ITALY

ROISIN COSSAR

“This is a major contribution not only to the history of the late medie- val family and the Italian church, but also to historical methodology. With her subtle analysis, Cossar persuades us that scholars must be attentive to archival documents as carefully crafted instruments of those who participated in their creation, rather than as transparent windows onto the past.” —Shannon McSheffrey, author of Marriage, Sex, and Civic Culture in Late Medieval London

I Tatti Studies in Italian Renaissance History 2016 256 pp. $49.95 | £36.95 cloth 9780674659834

SUCCESS AND SUPPRESSION Dag Nikolaus Hasse

9780674971585

EVERYDAY RENAISSANCES Sarah Gwyneth Ross

9780674659834

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9780674504233

THE PRINCE’S

BODY

Valeria Finucci

9780674725454

READING

LUCRETIUS

IN THE

RENAISSANCE

Ada Palmer

9780674725577

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WRETCHED CITY

Mark Jurdjevic

9780674725461

GREAT AND

A

MAKER’S

DAUGHTER

Brendan Dooley

9780674724662

MATTRESS

THE MEDICEAN

SUCCESSION

Gregory Murry

9780674725478

THE FRUIT OF LIBERTY Nicholas Scott Baker

9780674724525

ORPHEUS IN THE

MARKETPLACE

Tim Carter and Richard A. Goldthwaite

9780674724648

REVIVING THE

ETERNAL CITY

Elizabeth McCahill

9780674724532

THE PULPIT AND THE PRESS IN REFORMATION ITALY Emily Michelson

9780674072978

CULTURES

OF CHARITY

Nicholas Terpstra

9780674067097

PRINTING A

MEDITERRANEAN

WORLD

Sean Roberts

9780674066489

THE DUKE AND THE STARS Monica Azzolini

9780674066632

WRITING HISTORY

IN RENAISSANCE

ITALY

Gary Ianziti

9780674061521

VENICE’S MOST LOYAL CITY Stephen D. Bowd

9780674051201

THE RETURN

OF LUCRETIUS

TO RENAISSANCE

FLORENCE

Alison Brown

9780674050327

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9780674032699

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