[16] The Italian scholar Luigi Foscolo Benedetto had previously demonstrated that the book was written in the same "leisurely, conversational style" that characterised Rustichello's other works, and that some passages in the book were taken verbatim or with minimal modifications from other writings by Rustichello. Because Venice was compact, hemmed in by the lagoon and by its enemies, the sense of common cause among its inhabitants was strong. #octane-aui-example-id{color:red} Columbus had read Polo’s Travels. AmazonUIPageJS : P).load.js('https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/91QCIKM7YcL.js?AUIClients/GestaltDetailPageMobileWebMetaAsset'); Bergreen has done a brilliant job on multiple levels expanding on Polos sometimes tedious account with pertinent and scholarly notes from a multiplicity of disciplines. 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AmazonUIPageJS : P).when('injectCalendarOnDetailPage').execute(function(){ Although this fantastic manuscript is a collaboration of masters from early 15th century France, the miniature page introducing this work originates solely from the hand of the so-called Master of the Mazarine Hours. As Marco Polo … These remnants of antiquity, the very headstones of dead or moribund civilizations, would wind up in an obscure corner of the Piazza San Marco, or on the façade of some ostentatious palazzo inhabited by a duke or a wealthy merchant of Venice. The growth in commerce among European city-states contributed to rapid advances in art, technology, exploration, and finance. 7–20 from, Maria Bellonci, "Nota introduttiva", Il Milione di Marco Polo, Milano, Oscar Mondadori, 2003, p. XI, [Rinaldo Fulin, Archivio Veneto, 1924, p. 255], "1274: Promulgation of a Crusade, in liaison with the Mongols", Jean Richard, "Histoire des Croisades", p.502/French, p. 487/English, The exhibition in Venice celebrating the seven hundredth anniversary of Polo's birth, "scritti gia piu di dugento anni (a mio giudico). Banks of deposit on the Continent originated there. * http://jqueryui.com . Venetian laws enforced the smooth operation of business. And "arsenal," or a place where weapons are manufactured and stored, entered the Venetian language by way of the Arabic term Reviewed in the United States on July 17, 2019. 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