08 Antiquarian Studies
Physical remains
Cultural and Social practices
Texts as Foundation
Example of humanist movement contributing to development of new fields
Tomb of Antenor (late 13th c)
Padua: Tomb of Antenor, with tomb of Lovato
Petrarch and coins
NGC site: coins of Julius Caesar
Macquarie University Julius Caesar page
Commemorative medals
Francesco II da Carrara (Francesco Novello), 1390, commemorating victory over Visconti:
Pisanello, medal for Emperor John VIII Palaiologos, 1438
Biondo Flavio (1392-1463)
Biondo, Proem, Roma restaurata, (Verona, 1481-2)
Ciriaco of Ancona (Ciriaco de’ Pizzicolli, 1391 – 1453/55)
Inspired by Arch of Trajan, Ancona
an old website devoted to Ciriaco
Cyriac of Ancona, Drawing of Parthenon, Berlin, Staatsbibliothek, Ms. Hamilton 254, 85r.
Ciriaco’s records made in Tolentino in ca. 1437–40, preserved in the sylloge he gave to Filelfo (Ciriaco’s hand). Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Plut. 80.22, fol. 326r.
Rome and Material remains (from Rome seminar)