Leonardo Bruni also suggested an initial iconographic programme, later modified to ten panels, of Old Testament scenes for the third set of bronze doors, the Gates of Paradise, made by Lorenzo Ghiberti for the Baptistery in Florence. #leonardobruni #lorenzoghiberti #florencebaptistery

History of the Florentine People, Volume 1: Books I-IV — Harvard University Press Leonardo Bruni (1370-1444), the leading civic humanist of the Italian Renaissance, served as apostolic secretary to four popes (1405-1414) and chancellor of Florence (1427-1444). He was famous in his ...

Leonardo Bruni's multi-volume History of the Florentine People, now published in the I Tatti Renaissance Library, is one of the key texts of our advanced Latin course Italian Renaissance Latin Texts, 1453-1513 > www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067... #leonardobruni #florence #itatti

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ON THIS DAY > 9 March 1444 > Italian (Aretine) humanist and historian Leonardo Bruni (c. 1370-1444) dies in Florence and is subsequently buried in the Franciscan church of Santa Croce in a tomb designed by Bernardo Rossellino. #leonardobruni #santacroce #florence

Europa en 1444, año en que probablemente Gutenberg finalizó su imprenta en Maguncia. Probable año de nacimiento de #AntonioDeNebrija y de fallecimiento de #LeonardoBruni; también es el año de datación de Laberinto de Fortuna, también conocido como Las trescientas, obra en verso de Juan de Mena.

Reading and Writing History from Bruni to Windschuttle: Essays in Honour of Gary Ianziti Featuring work by researchers in the fields of early modern studies, Italian studies, ecclesiastical history and historiography, this volume of essays adds to a rich corpus of literature on Renaissanc...

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