Piccole città del Medioevo in Toscana. Ediz. italiana ed inglese.

Philadelphia, Instap Academic Press 2004, cm.16x23,5, pp.XII,233, 11 tavole bn.ft. legatura editoriale in tutta tela. Coll.Prehistory Monographs,13. During the last few decades, there has been great interest in the problems of defining the extent and nature of kingship in the Mycenaean world. Questions concerning the degree of economic and religious power held by the king have been given special emphasis. This book surveys the conclusions drawn by individual scholars studying the Linear B tablets, contrasts their theories with our knowledge of the Mycenaean kingdoms as derived from the archaeological record, and finally compares this evidence with possible reflections in the oral tradition, specifically in the Iliad and Odyssey . This approach leads to the suggestion that the king in the Mycenaean period had only limited power over the society and its economy. Although the king appears to have controlled a large segment of the economy, it is argued here that other individuals and family groups within the kingdom also had a certain degree of economic independence.

A cura di Dario Generali. Firenze, Olschki Ed. 2008, cm 17 x 24, xxx-448 pp. con 2 tavv. f.t. a col. e 15 figg. n.t. Edizione nazionale delle opere di Antonio Vallisneri - Biblioteca, 4. Il volume contiene gli atti dell’omonimo convegno, che ha avuto l’intento di chiarificare e valutare criticamente lo stato delle ricerche in corso sull’autore e di favorirne una consapevole prosecuzione. I contributi raccolti danno conto del lavoro fatto e forniscono una prospettiva ecdotica, storiografica e culturale dei futuri sviluppi dell’iniziativa, che sembra concentrarsi nel senso di uno sforzo editoriale attento alla comprensione della cultura in cui le opere vennero concepite, oltre che ai testi oggetto di edizione. / These are the proceedings of the conference with the same name, that aimed to clarify and critically evaluate the state of current research on the author as well as to encourage awareness and further research. This collection of contributions describes the work already done and provides a textual-critical, historiographical and cultural perspective on future undertakings, seemingly focused on understanding the texts edited along with the cultural context in which the works themselves were conceived.

A cura di Massimo de Vico Fallani e Mario Bencivenni. Firenze, Olschki Ed. 2015, cm.17x24, pp.XXII,404, brossura copertina figurata Giardini e paesaggio, 41. I giardini di Firenze (The Gardens of Florence) was the last and most ambitious project by Angiolo Pucci, that remained unpublished after the author’s death. The lost manuscript finally reappears in this edition by Mario Bencivenni and Massimo de Vico Fallani. In the first of the six volumes, Pucci outlines for the first time in Italy a complete history of European and Italian gardens, illustrated by beautiful ancient photographs.

Firenze, Morgana Ed. 2001, cm.14x21, pp.104, brossura con copertina figurata a colori.