Series | I libri di Ca’ Foscari
Catalogue | Venice and Suzhou
Chapter | Marco Polo / 马可波罗
Marco Polo / 马可波罗
Abstract
In August 1307, Marco Polo gave a French aristocrat, Thibaut de Chepoy, who was in Venice for a diplomatic mission, a copy of the Devisement dou monde and on his return (1310), he engaged in improving the French version on Rustichello’s endeavour and had it copied several times (evidence of this dates back to 1312). The copies of this ʻFrench versionʼ possess some common characteristics: they were commissioned by members of the aristocracy in typically large volumes, in parchment, and in some cases illustrated by a series of miniatures. Four of the manuscripts display the set of images that can be seen in the exhibition.
Published Sept. 30, 2022 | Language: it
Copyright © 2022 Eugenio Burgio. This is an open-access work distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction is permitted, provided that the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. The license allows for commercial use. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
Permalink http://doi.org/10.30687/978-88-6969-648-0/005
