Papers by Piero Falchetta
This paper intends to provide an epistemological reflection on the problem of the representabilit... more This paper intends to provide an epistemological reflection on the problem of the representability of space.The author's core argument is that the aporia of the representation of space is mainly revealed by geographical maps. More precisely, a territory cannot be described exaustively by a map. Never- theless, the author argues that the process of hominization starts precisely when human beings attempt to describe their ambient in order to identify dangers and opportunities. From a philosophical view-point, such an originary aporia of space develops throughout the different perspectives on the con- cepts of topos and chora.
Imago Mundi, 2014
but also one of the most noble, endeavours we can undertake. And when what we are preserving is a... more but also one of the most noble, endeavours we can undertake. And when what we are preserving is a large world map whose extraordinary precision gives us a vivid idea of how the world was seen by the men and women of five hundred years ago, that task becomes not only demanding but also highly rewarding. Fra’ Mauro’s world map was produced in Venice around the year 1450, and its restoration - made possible by substantial funding from the Libraries Department of the Italian Ministry for Culture, Heritage and Tourism – is one of the most significant projects the Biblioteca Marciana has undertaken in recent years. But that project did not simply involve a delicate process of cleaning and the restoration/reinforcement of parts that had been damaged over time. From the very beginning, our intention was to make the map easier to consult. Hence a new display case was created to offer greater protection, and a cold-light system of illumination installed that does not damage the parchment, inks or pigments. All of this work was carried out with great skill and dedication by Studio P. Crisostomi in Rome and by the AR Company of Padua, to both of which the Library is grateful. The project involved dismounting the entire world map, and thus offered a perfect opportunity to study the work in close detail. Taking full advantage of the occasion, the publishers Imago, who have for years specialised in producing prestige facsimiles, engaged expert craftsmen to create a three-dimensional facsimile of the entire artefact. Their painstaking labour made it possible to combine ancient techniques of wood-working with the most modern digital technologies, achieving an end-result which captures every single detail of the image and text in such a manner that it is difficult to distinguish between it and the original. That facsimile is now accompanied by this book, the work of Piero Falchetta, a librarian at the Biblioteca Marciana who has long studied Fra’ Mauro’s world map. Text and facsimile together make it possible to fully appreciate this splendid object and its history. Maurizio Messina Director of the Marciana National Library
Summary Some problems related to the readability of originally analogical maps when trans- formed... more Summary Some problems related to the readability of originally analogical maps when trans- formed into digital copies and the relevant 'screen-views' are discussed with respect to the technological and social complexities of the issue involving at last the domi- nant question of the human perception and cognition in approaching the study of maps. The subject meets its modern justification in approaching the process of digi- talisation of maps as historical documents, which is now a challenging task for all in- stitutions safeguarding cultural heritage. Criteria and conventions What criteria come into play when we read a digital rendition of an analogical work of cartography (which in most cases is a map drawn on paper)? The answer to this question brings into focus the full complexity of an issue that involves technology (the resources used in producing, distributing and employing the map), legal and administrative matters (the protection of intellectual copyright), cultural...
Volume pubblicato con i contributi della Fondazione Fritz Thyssen per la Promozione delle Scienze... more Volume pubblicato con i contributi della Fondazione Fritz Thyssen per la Promozione delle Scienze e dell'Incaricata del Govemo Tedesco per Ja Cultura e i Media-Fritz Thyssen Stiftung für Wissenschaftsförderung und Beauftragte der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien aufgrund eines Beschlusses des Deutschen Bundestages. Redazione a cura di Lena Thiel e Michaela Böhringer viella libreria editrice via delle Alpi, 32 00198 ROMA www.viella.it Centro Tedesco di Studi Veneziani Palazzo Barbarigo della Terrazza S. Polo 2765/A-Calle Corner 30125 Venezia www.dszv.it Indice / Inhalt I GRID BAUMGÄRTNER, PIERO FALCHETTA Premessa Vorwort I GRID BAUMGÄRTNER, PIERO FALCHETTA Lo spazio cartografico, Venezia e il mondo nel Quattrocento. Un' introduzione Kartographischer Raum, Venedig und die Welt im 15. Jahrhundert. Eine Einführung Definizione e rappresentazione dello spazio Konstituierung und Repräsentation von Raum LAURA F EDERZONI Testo e immagine: i codici manoscritti 11 23 e le edizioni a stampa italiane della Geographia di Tolomeo 3 RAMON J. P UJADES I BATALLER Mappaemundi veneziane e catalane del basso medioevo: due rami nati da uno stesso tronco 73 P ATRICK ÜA UTIER DALCHE Due contemporanei di Fra' Mauro e lo spazio geografico: il medico umanista Pietro Tommasi e il filosofo naturalista Giovanni Fontana KLA US A NSELM VOG EL Fra' Mauro über den Raum außerhalb der Karte. Die Grenzen geographischen Wissens und die Rückseite der Ökumene 6 Venezia e Ja nuova oikoumene / Venedig und die neue Oikoumene Pratiche e tecniche cartogra.fiche Praktiken und Techniken der Kartographie ÜIAMPIERO B ELLINGERI La turchizzazione di un Mappamondo CA TERJNA BALLETT[ Gli strumenti informatici al servizio della ricerca storica: il caso della cartografia veneziana del XV secolo Dinamiche e divergenze: viaggiare, misurare, governare Dynamiken und Divergenzen-Reisen, Messen, Herrschen UWE ISRAEL 133 Venedigs Welt im Wandel um 1500 B ENJAMfN S CHELLER Erfahrungsraum und Möglichkeitsraum: Das sub-saharische Westafrika in den Navigazioni Atlantiche Alvise Cadamostos DARIA P EROCCO La geografia sul leggio. Venezia, letterati e carte geografiche l NG RJD BAUMGÄRTNER BattistaAgnese e l'atlante di Kassel. La cartografia del mondo nel Cinquecento Summaries Gli autori Autorinnen und Autoren Indice degli autori modemi Register der modernen Autorinnen und Autoren
but also one of the most noble, endeavours we can undertake. And when what we are preserving is a... more but also one of the most noble, endeavours we can undertake. And when what we are preserving is a large world map whose extraordinary precision gives us a vivid idea of how the world was seen by the men and women of five hundred years ago, that task becomes not only demanding but also highly rewarding. Fra’ Mauro’s world map was produced in Venice around the year 1450, and its restoration - made possible by substantial funding from the Libraries Department of the Italian Ministry for Culture, Heritage and Tourism – is one of the most significant projects the Biblioteca Marciana has undertaken in recent years. But that project did not simply involve a delicate process of cleaning and the restoration/reinforcement of parts that had been damaged over time. From the very beginning, our intention was to make the map easier to consult. Hence a new display case was created to offer greater protection, and a cold-light system of illumination installed that does not damage the parchment, ink...
Studi Veneziani, 2019
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Comparative study of the first chapter in the two manuscripts of the 'Storia del Mogol', writte... more c
Comparative study of the first chapter in the two manuscripts of the 'Storia del Mogol', written by the Venetian adventurer Nicolò Manuzzi. The first manuscript, in Italian, contains the first version of the text. The second manuscript, in Portuguese, contains the text in the final version established by the author
History (in Italian) of the making of Fra Mauro's world map (ca. 1450-1460), and a new revised tr... more History (in Italian) of the making of Fra Mauro's world map (ca. 1450-1460), and a new revised transcription of the geographical notes
The Historical Review/La Revue Historique, 2013
Kartographische Konzepte, 2008
P «studi veneziani» · lvii · 2009 Studi Veneziani LVII 2009_Impaginato 16/12/09 12:56 Pagina 15 P... more P «studi veneziani» · lvii · 2009 Studi Veneziani LVII 2009_Impaginato 16/12/09 12:56 Pagina 15 Proemio latino (ff. 1r-3r) Libro primo (ff. 3v-27r) i, [De acque in genere]; ii, Dello mare in genere; iii, Dello mare Occeano in genere; iv, Dello mare dicto Tiberico Occeano; v, Dello mare dicto Hyperboreo Occeano; vi, Dello mare dicto Vergivo Occeano; vii, De Occeano Britannico32 piero falchetta Studi Veneziani LVII 2009_Impaginato 16/12/09 12:56 Pagina 32 lendario, metodo per il calcolo del sorgere della luna, elenco delle stelle, giorni infausti, giorni del digiuno, calcolo dell'epatta (l'età della luna al primo gennaio, attraverso la quale si determina la Pasqua), sorgere e tramontare della luna, durata del giorno e della notte, tavole di Salomone, calcolo del sorgere della luna nei vari giorni dell'anno, calcolo dei mesi, inizio del mese, calcolo della Pasqua, tavola di Salomone per la Pasqua, segni zodiacali e pianeti, raxion de marteloyo (metodo per il calcolo della rotta in navigazione), istruzioni per il taglio delle vele, disposizioni disciplinari, ordini per la flotta del capitano Andrea Mocenigo (1428), tariffe doganali in porti diversi, doni per il duca di Borgogna, disposizioni per le merci che i marinai possono trasportare, entrata nel porto di Venezia, maree del porto di Venezia, portolano della costa orientale dell'Adriatico, portolano del golfo di Salonicco, portolano di Puglia, portolano delle coste atlantiche di Portogallo, Spagna e Francia, portolano della Manica, maree in Irlanda e Francia, rotta nella Manica.
Entre l'art et la divulgation: vues gravées de Venise au XVIII e siècle Le mot latin urbs, qui dé... more Entre l'art et la divulgation: vues gravées de Venise au XVIII e siècle Le mot latin urbs, qui désigne la ville en tant que lieu physique et espace habité, clairement séparé du territoire environnant, a peut-être sa racine dans le nom d'un instrument du travail des champs, c'est à dire de la charrue où, pour mieux dire, du manche de la charrue, le urvum (ou urbum). Tracer un sillon avec la charrue dans l'indistinct du paysage naturel signifiait aussi, dans la sacralité solennelle du geste, signer la limite des terrains vagues et des champs, et identifier ainsi une partie de l'espace destinée à des fonctions spécialisées, comme l'édifier et le vivre associés. La lame en bronze du soc qui traçait ce signe sur la terre nue, ne définissait pas seulement un ensemble de fonctions, mais tirait aussi une forme de l'insignifiant de la nature: une forme que le Moyen Age fixa dans le prototype-stéréotype d'une représentation circulaire Galvano Fiamma, Plan de la ville de Milan (ca. 1330) -comme si on voulait d'une telle manière ramener la mémoire au geste primordial du laboureur-prêtre qui conduisait en cercle un taureau et une vache attelés à la charrue pour dessiner le contour de la future ville et, avec celui-ci, d'une grande partie de l'histoire de l'Occident.
Imago Mundi-the International Journal for The History of Cartography, 1994
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Papers by Piero Falchetta
Comparative study of the first chapter in the two manuscripts of the 'Storia del Mogol', written by the Venetian adventurer Nicolò Manuzzi. The first manuscript, in Italian, contains the first version of the text. The second manuscript, in Portuguese, contains the text in the final version established by the author
Comparative study of the first chapter in the two manuscripts of the 'Storia del Mogol', written by the Venetian adventurer Nicolò Manuzzi. The first manuscript, in Italian, contains the first version of the text. The second manuscript, in Portuguese, contains the text in the final version established by the author