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FEATURED TITLES Jews and Magic in Medici Florence The Secret World of Benedetto Blanis Edward Goldberg In the seventeenth century, Florence was the wealthy capital of the Medici Grand Dukedom of Tuscany. But amid all the affluence and splendour, the Jews in its tiny Ghetto struggled to earn a living by any possible means, including loan-sharking, rag-picking, and second-hand dealing. From their ranks arose Benedetto Blanis, a businessman and aspiring scholar from a distinguished Ghetto dynasty who sought to parlay his alleged mastery of astrology, alchemy, and Kabbalah into a grand position at the Medici Court. He won the patronage of Don Giovanni dei Medici, a scion of the ruling family, and for six tumultuous years their lives were inextricably linked. Drawing on thousands of newly uncovered documents from the Medici Granducal Archive, Edward Goldberg reveals the dramas of daily life behind the scenes in the Pitti Palace and in the narrow byways of the Florentine Ghetto. Edward Goldberg is an art historian and a longtime resident of Florence. He has worked for more than thirty years in the Medici Granducal Archive. ‘Suspenseful and compelling.’ Lucia Frattarelli Fischer, University of Pisa (Toronto Italian Studies) 384 pp / 20 illustrations / 6 x 9 / 2011 Cloth 978-1-4426-4225-6 $70.00 (£48.99) Paper 978-1-4426-1333-1 $32.95 (£23.99) A Jew at the Medici Court The Letters of Benedetto Blanis Hebreo (1615–1621) Edward Goldberg Benedetto Blanis sent nearly 200 letters to Don Giovanni dei Medici that depict in vivid detail his daily life in the local Ghetto and his machinations behind the scenes at the Medici Court. Edward Goldberg shares these recently discovered letters – the largest body of surviving correspondence from any Jew in Early Modern Europe – in this definitive critical edition, complete with transcriptions in the original Italian, English-language summaries, and full explanatory notes. The letters describe Blanis’s fraught relations with his Jewish and Christian associates, his desperate (and often illegal) business schemes, his disastrous strategies for advancement at the Medici Court, and the general pervasiveness of occult practices, especially alchemy, astrology, and Kabbalah. He also offers remarkable insights into the everyday realities of Florentine life – as viewed through the eyes of a Jewish outsider who penetrated the inner circles of the Medici regime. ‘Readers will be deeply grateful to Edward Goldberg for the enormously valuable information he provides in this volume.’ Robert Bonfil, Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Toronto Italian Studies) 448 pp / 6 x 9 / 2011 Cloth 978-1-4426-4383-3 $85.00 (£59.99) The Opera of Bartolomeo Scappi (1570) L’arte et prudenza d’un maestro cuoco / The Art and Craft of a Master Cook Translated with Commentary by Terence Scully Arguably the most famous chef of the Italian Renaissance, Bartolomeo Scappi oversaw the preparation of meals for several Cardinals and was the personal cook for two popes. At the culmination of his prolific career he compiled the largest cookery treatise of the period. Scappi’s Opera presents more than one thousand recipes along with menus that comprise up to a hundred dishes. In this first English translation of the work, Terence Scully makes the recipes and the broad experience of this sophisticated papal cook accessible to a modern English audience interested in the culinary expertise and gastronomic refinement within the most civilized niche of Renaissance society. Terence Scully is a professor emeritus in the Department of Languages and Literatures at Wilfrid Laurier University. ‘Highly readable … many fans of cooking will enjoy sifting through its voluminous entries.’ Robert Appelbaum, Times Higher Education (Book of the Week, April 2009) (The Lorenzo Da Ponte Italian Library) 800 pp / 27 illustrations / 6 x 9 / 2011 Paper 978-1-4426-1148-1 $45.00 (£31.99) 2 University of Toronto Press
FEATURED TITLES Armour and Masculinity in the Italian Renaissance Carolyn Springer During the Italian Wars of 1494–1559, with innovations in military technology and tactics, armour began to disappear from the battlefield. Yet as field armour was retired, recycled, and discarded, parade and ceremonial armour took on greater importance and grew increasingly flamboyant. Drawing on theoretical perspectives from anthropology, literary studies, art history, and gender studies, Armour and Masculinity in the Italian Renaissance explores the significance of armour in early modern Italy as a cultural artifact and symbolic form. Carolyn Springer demonstrates that Renaissance armour is not just a background to literary texts but a vibrant representational practice in its own right. Carolyn Springer is a professor in the Department of French and Italian at Stanford University. ‘Springer deserves much credit for crafting an insightful, learned, and richly detailed analysis of an elusive aspect of the material culture of Renaissance Italy.’ William Caferro, Journal of Interdisciplinary History (Toronto Italian Studies) 272 pp / 38 illustrations / 6 x 9 / 2010 Cloth 978-1-4426-4055-9 $55.00 (£38.99) Medieval Military Technology Second Edition NEW Kelly DeVries and Robert Douglas Smith First published in 1992, Medieval Military Technology has become the definitive book in its field, garnering much praise and a large readership. This thorough update of a classic book, regarded as both an excellent overview and an important piece of scholarship, includes fully revised content. The four key organizing sections of the book still remain: arms and armor, artillery, fortifications, and warships. Throughout, the authors connect these technologies to broader themes and developments in medieval society as well as to current scholarly and curatorial controversies. Kelly DeVries is a professor in the Department of History at Loyola University Maryland. Robert Douglas Smith is an independent museum consultant. ‘Students of the Middle Ages and military enthusiasts alike will find Medieval Military Technology a valuable and unique work.’ Richard Abels, United States Naval Academy (UTP Higher Education) Approx. 352 pp / 6 x 9 / April 2012 Paper 978-1-4426-0497-1 $34.95 (£22.99) SECOND EDITION ME DIEVAL MILI@ARY TECHNOLOGY Kelly DeVries and Robert Douglas Smith The Alphabet of Galen Pharmacy from Antiquity to the Middle Ages NEW A Critical Edition of the Latin Text with English Translation and Commentary by Nicholas Everett The Alphabet of Galen is a critical edition and English translation of a text describing, in alphabetical order, nearly three hundred natural products – including metals, aromatics, animal materials, and herbs – and their medicinal uses. A Latin translation of earlier Greek writings on pharmacy that have not survived, it circulated among collections of ‘authorities’ on medicine, including Hippocrates, Galen of Pergamun, Soranus, and Ps. Apuleius. This work presents interesting linguistic features, including otherwise unattested Greek and Latin technical terms and unique pharmacological descriptions. Nicholas Everett provides a window onto the medieval translation of ancient science and medieval conceptions of pharmacy. With a comprehensive scholarly apparatus and a contextual introduction, The Alphabet of Galen is a major resource for understanding the richness and diversity of medical history. Nicholas Everett is an associate professor in the Department of History at the University of Toronto. Approx. 480 pp / 8 illustrations / 6 x 9 / April 2012 Cloth 978-0-8020-9812-2 $95.00 (£60.00) Paper 978-0-8020-9550-3 $39.95 (£25.00) utppublishing.com 3
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