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Autore / Author: Franco Bacchelli

Affiliazione / Author affiliation: Università di Bologna

Titolo / Title: Un appello al sultano Bayezid II di un latino convertito all’Islam ed uno “Psefisma” di Isidoro di Kiev per la concordia universale

Abstract: This paper contains the first edition of a Latin poem preserved in cod. Barb. gr. 127, written by a Latin converted to Islam who urges the Sultan Bayezid II to come in Italy and to establish in Rome a “Universal Monarchy”. In the appendix it is provided the Italian translation of an utopian text by Isidor of Kiev, dealing with a future general gathering of the Hellenes to promote a more general council composed by wise men coming from all lands, with the purpose to reach a philosophical and religious concordia.

Keywords: Isidor of Kiev; Bayezid II; universal monarchy; concordia.

English title: An Appeal to Sultan Bayezid II of a Latin Convert to Islam and a “Psefisma” by Isidore of Kiev for Universal Concord

DOI: 10.14640/QuadernidiNoctua5-17

Volume: 5

Pagine / Pages: 641-656

Pubblicazione / Publication date: 01/02/2019

Permalink: https://dx.doi.org/10.14640/QuadernidiNoctua5-17

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