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Pietro Bembo

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Pietro Bembo , 1470-1547, Italian humanist, cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. A favorite of the Medici, he was secretary to Pope Leo X and was made a cardinal by Paul III. Bembo was for many years the arbiter of Italian letters, insisting that classical traditions be preserved. He was responsible for editions of Petrarch and Dante and helped establish the language of Tuscany as the standard literary Italian. He wrote the History of Venice (1551); a disquisition on platonic love, Gli Asolani (1505, tr. 1954), inspired by Plato's Symposium ; a book of lyric verse ( Rime, 1530)... Read more
Accademia della Crusca
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ... literary society founded in Florence in 1582 to maintain the purity of the language. Leonardo Salviati, influenced by Pietro Bembo, and the poet Grazzini formed the society to unify literary Italian on the model of the vernacular of Tuscany. A comedy ... Read more
Caterina Cornaro
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ... of Cyprus. Caterina returned to Venice and retired to Asolo. There she held a small but brilliant court, depicted by Pietro Bembo in his Platonic dialogue, Gli Asolani. Author not available, CORNARO, CATERINA. , The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ... Read more

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Pietro Bembo: Lover, Linguist, Cardinal.(Book Review)
History Today; 1/1/2006; Proud, Linda; 709 words ; Pietro Bembo Lover, Linguist, Cardinal Carol Kidwell ... pounds sterling] ISBN 0773527095 THAT PIETRO BEMBO IS REMEMBERED at all today, at least ... seeded in him by his father, Bernardo Bembo, and as a boy Pietro went with him on embassy to Florence ... Read more
Pietro Bembo can shine for Akehurst; Epsom & The South.(Sports)
The Racing Post (London, England); 10/20/1999; Moore, Scott; 185 words ; Pietro Bembo, an improving sort, can land the spoils in the Thames Hurdle at Chepstow ... tough. Newcastle: 2.00 Abuzaid, 2.30 Ashjaan, 3.35 Astrac. Chepstow: 3.15 Pietro Bembo (nap), 3.45 Over The Glen. Nottingham: 3.55 Donatus. Read more
Ascot: Pietro Bembo another Breisner beneficiary.(Sports)
The Racing Post (London, England); 4/2/2001; 182 words ; ... by Goldanzig. With the market leader out of the way, Pietro Bembo made all the running to score, much to the delight of ... down to schooling guru Yogi Breisner. Akehurst said: Pietro Bembo has been a little frustrating this season, and we had ... Read more
Marsilio Ficino, Pietro Bembo, Baldassare Castiglione: Philosophical, Aesthetic, and Political Approaches in Renaissance Platonism.(Review)
Renaissance Quarterly; 6/22/1999; Celenza, Christopher S.; 787 words ; ... Nachleben as manifested in the work of Pietro Bembo and Baldassare Castiglione. The ... the writings of Marsilio Ficino, Pietro Bembo and Baldassare Castiglione reveal ... might have permeated the work of Bembo and Castiglione is glimpsed only ... Read more
Spreadwise: Pietro Bembo and Nemisto rate sells.(Sports)
The Racing Post (London, England); 3/11/2000; Barr, Andrew; 333 words ; ... is a buy at 21 with Spreadex, unless you're after the arbitrage, but he can run for us if we sell some others. Sell Pietro Bembo at 6 with Spreadex. This front-runner had things all his own way at Kempton last time, but will surely not be allowed ... Read more
Pricewise: Plenty of reasons to punt 7-1 Pietro.(Sports)
The Racing Post (London, England); 4/12/2000; Collier, Melvyn; 208 words ; Pietro Bembo is the value bet in today's Showcase race ... have won-and the track holds no fears. Pietro Bembo was four lengths clear and going well ... Chepstow runs to his name. PRICEWISE ADVISES Pietro Bembo, 3.40 Chepstow, 1pt win at 7-1 Surrey ... Read more
Imperial key lies in Pietro confidence.(Racing)
Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England); 3/5/2000; Warwick, Rex; 554 words ; ... but that is the approach taken with Pietro Bembo who targets the Imperial Cup at Sandown ... significant bonus. An exciting front runner, Pietro Bembo recently dispelled any doubts after ... 30 Nigel's Lad, Saturday: Sandown: Pietro Bembo, Errand Boy. Read more
Lyric Poetry, Etna.(Book review)
Renaissance Quarterly; 9/22/2006; Blanchard, Scott W.; 787 words ; Pietro Bembo. Lyric Poetry, Etna. Ed. and trans. Mary ... trans. Fantazzi) and, now, the poetry of Pietro Bembo. Both were later humanists for whom poetry ... expression. Mary Chatfield's translation of Bembo's Carminum libellus relies on the 1990 ... Read more
Milton's Neo-Platonic angel?
Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900; 1/1/2004; Daniel, Clay; 787 words ; ... strict Neoplatonist (like [Cardinal Pietro] Bembo in [Castiglione's] The [Book of the ... This correction echoes Cardinal Bembo's discourse on sacred and profane ... Christian synthesis of Neo-Platonism, Bembo's reaction to Ficino, Castiglione ... Read more
Viragos on the march
The Spectator; 6/25/2005; Thomson, Ian; 782 words ; ... Venetian poet and future cardinal Pietro Bembo moved Byron almost to tears ... ports-of-call: cardinalship for Bembo, motherhood for Borgia. Pietro knew that his letters from ... the ambitious cardinal-poet Pietro Bembo, Colonna was disturbed by corruption ... Read more

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Free Article Le scritura degli 'Asolani' di Pietro Bembo.(Review)
The Modern Language Review; 7/1/2000
Free Article From scribal publication to print publication: Pietro Bembo's 'Rime', 1529-1535.
The Modern Language Review; 7/1/2000
Free Article La biblioteca del Cardinal Pietro Bembo.(Book review)
The Modern Language Review; 10/1/2006