Complete writings : letterbook, dialogue on Adam and Eve, orations

260 Pages·2004·1.416 MB·English, Latin

by  Nogarola, Isotta, Nogarola, Isotta, King, Margaret L., Robin, Diana Maury

COMPLETE WRITINGS
THE
OTHER VOICE
IN
EARLY MODERN
EUROPE
ASeriesEditedbyMargaretL.KingandAlbertRabilJr.
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TranslationbyVivienBosley
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1395–1436
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Edited,Translated,andwithanIntroductionby BookfortheHourofRecreation
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TranslationbyAmandaPowell
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DUCHESSE DE MONTPENSIER MADELEINE DE SCUDÉRY
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EditedandTranslatedbyJoanDeJean Newman
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EditedandTranslatedbyJaneTylus
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JUAN LUIS VIVES
JACQUELINE PASCAL “TheEducationofaChristianWoman”:
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EditedandTranslatedbyJohnJ.Conley,S.J. EditedandTranslatedbyCharlesFantazzi
Isotta Nogarola
C O M P L E T E W R I T I N G S
Letterbook,
Dialogue on Adam and Eve,
Orations
(cid:2)
Edited and Translated
by Margaret L. King and Diana Robin
THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS
Chicago & London
IsottaNogarola,1418–66
MargaretL.KingisprofessorofhistoryatBrooklynCollege
andtheGraduateCenter,CityUniversityofNewYork.
DianaRobinisprofessoremeritaofclassicsand
comparativeliteratureattheUniversityofNewMexico.
TheUniversityofChicagoPress,Chicago60637
TheUniversityofChicagoPress,Ltd.,London
©2004byTheUniversityofChicago
Allrightsreserved.Published2004
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ISBN:0-226-59007-0(cloth)
ISBN:0-226-59008-9(paper)
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Nogarola,Isotta,1418–1466.
[Works.English.2004]
Completewritings:letterbook,dialogueonAdamandEve,orations/Isotta
Nogarola;editedandtranslatedbyMargaretL.KingandDianaRobin.
p.cm.—(TheothervoiceinearlymodernEurope)
Includesbibliographicalreferences(p. )andindex.
ISBN0-226-59007-0(cloth:alk.paper)—ISBN0-226-59008-9(pbk.:alk.paper)
1.Nogarola,Isotta,1418–1466—TranslationsintoEnglish. 2.Speeches,
addresses,etc.,Latin(Medievalandmodern)—TranslationsintoEnglish.
3.Women—Italy—Verona—History—MiddleAges,500–1500—Sources. 4.Authors,
Latin(Medievalandmodern)—Italy—Correspondence. 5.Nogarola,Isotta,
1418–1466—Correspondence. 6.Humanists—Italy—Correspondence.
7.Verona(Italy)—History—Sources. 8.Women—Italy—Correspondence.
I.King,MargaretL.,1947– II.Robin,DianaMaury. III.Title. IV.Series.
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Inmemoryofourmothers
MarieKingandHelenVassKurtz

CONTENTS
Series Editors’ Introduction xi
Volume Editors’ Introduction 1
Volume Editors’ Bibliography 21
List of Abbreviations 26
Chapter1:Kin,Friends,andBooks(1434–37) 27
1.IsottaNogarolatoErmolaoBarbaro(Verona,probably1434) 34
2.IsottaNogarolatoGiorgioBevilacqua(Verona,July1436or1437) 36
3.IsottaNogarolatoGiorgioBevilacqua(Verona,July1436or1437) 37
4.IsottaNogarolatoAntonioBorromeo(1436or1437) 38
Chapter2:Guarino’sCircle(1436–38) 40
5.IsottaNogarolatoJacopoFoscari(Verona,September1436) 45
6.IsottaNogarolatoGuarinoVeronese(Verona,shortlyafterOctober11,1436) 48
7.IsottaNogarolatoGuarinoVeronese(Verona,April10,1437) 53
8.IsottaNogarolatoGirolamoGuarini(Verona,beginningof1438) 55
9.IsottaNogarolatoLudovicoCendrata(Verona,beginningof1438) 57
10.IsottaNogarolatoTobiadalBorgo(Verona,JanuaryorFebruary1438) 59
Chapter3:VeniceandBeyond(1438–39) 63
11.IsottaNogarolatoCardinalGiulianoCesarini(Verona,March29,1438) 69
12.IsottaNogarolatoNiccolo`Venier(Verona,probablyafterJune8,1438) 73
13.IsottaNogarolatoFeltrinoBoiardo(perhapsVerona,1438) 75
14.IsottaNogarolatoNiccolo`Barbo(Venice,between
December9,1438andJanuary25,1439) 77
15.IsottaNogarolatoCardinalFrancescoCondulmier(Venice,1439) 80
Chapter4:Damiano(1438–41) 83
16.IsottaNogarolatoDamianodalBorgo(Venice,September10,1438) 89
17.IsottaNogarolatoDamianodalBorgo(Venice,January1439) 92
18.IsottaNogarolatoEusebiodalBorgo(Venice,January1439) 93
19.IsottaNogarolatoDamianodalBorgo(Venice,FebruaryorMarch1439) 94
20.IsottaNogarolatoDamianodalBorgo(Venice,April1439) 94
21.IsottaNogarolatoDamianodalBorgo(Venice,
betweenMay5andSeptember10,1439) 95
22.IsottaNogarolatoEusebiodalBorgo(Venice,towardstheendofNovember1439) 96
23.IsottaNogarolatoDamianodalBorgo(Venice,December3,1439) 97
24.IsottaNogarolatoDamianodalBorgo(Venice,April18,1439or1440) 98
Chapter5:TheBook-LinedCell(1441toearly1450s) 101
25.LauroQuirinitoIsottaNogarola(Padua,1445–48or1451–52) 107
Chapter6:Foscarini(1451–66) 114
26.IsottaNogarolatoLudovicoFoscarini(Verona,1451) 128
27.LudovicoFoscarinitoIsottaNogarola(Brescia,early1453) 131
Chapter7:TheGreatGenderDebate(1451) 138
28.DialogueontheEqualorUnequalSinofAdamandEve (1451) 145
Chapter8:TheBlackSwan:TwoOrationsfor
ErmolaoBarbaro(1453) 159
29.OrationtotheVeryReverendLordErmolaoBarbaro,bishopofVerona (1453) 163
30.OrationinPraiseofSaintJerome (1453) 167
Chapter9:PopePiusIIandtheCongressofMantua(1459) 175
31.IsottaNogarolatoPopePiusIIattheCongress
ofMantua(Verona,August1,1459) 178
Chapter10:TheConsolationforMarcelloandthe
FriuliConnection(1461) 187
32.IsottaNogarolatoJacopoAntonioMarcello(Verona,August9,1461) 190
Appendices 203
A. Concordance between Abel Edition and the
King/Robin Translation 203
B. A Chronological List of Sources Cited by Isotta Nogarola 205
Series Editors’ Bibliography 211
Index 221