Politian's Letters; No Specific Text Given [x]
Title
Politian's Letters; No Specific Text Given [x]
Text Read
Politian's Letters; No Specific Text Given [x]
Author
Poliziano, Angelo
Original Source
Unknown
Digitized by
Not Applicable
Publication Date
Unknown
Date(s) of Reading
- 1861-10-[24]
- 1861-11-08
- 1861-12-02
Evidence
1861-10-[24]: "20-24. Read Marchese's Storia di San Marco; began Politian's letters, and read Giannotti on the Government of Florence. On the 24 a sore throat I had had for a day or two turned into a severe catarrh, and I went to bed feeling very ill." Diary 1861-1877 103
1861-11-08: "8. Read Politian's Letters and Petrarch's. Then Corniani and Manni. In the afternoon went shopping with G. to Redmayne's and then to the London Library where I looked through Selden's Titles of Honour and brought away Monteil, XVth century." Diary 1861-1877 104
1861-12-02: "2. Monday. Read Epictetus and Politian's letters. In the evening Bekker's Charikles." Diary 1861-1877 105
1861-11-08: "8. Read Politian's Letters and Petrarch's. Then Corniani and Manni. In the afternoon went shopping with G. to Redmayne's and then to the London Library where I looked through Selden's Titles of Honour and brought away Monteil, XVth century." Diary 1861-1877 104
1861-12-02: "2. Monday. Read Epictetus and Politian's letters. In the evening Bekker's Charikles." Diary 1861-1877 105
Citation
Poliziano, Angelo, Politian's Letters; No Specific Text Given [x], George Eliot's Reading, George Eliot Archive, edited by Beverley Park Rilett. https://GeorgeEliotArchive.org, Accessed September 7, 2026. https://www.georgeeliotarchive.org/items/show/57878