Michele Bernardini
Articles by Michele Bernardini
- FIGUEROA, GARCÍA DE SILVA Y
FIGUEROA, GARCÍA DE SILVA Y, Spanish diplomat and traveler (b. Zafra, Badajoz, December 1550; d. at sea on the return…
- Italy iv. TRAVEL ACCOUNTS
ITALY iv. TRAVEL ACCOUNTS (1) A General Survey (2) Qajar Period (1) A General Survey Italian travel accounts represent…
- HELĀLI ASTARĀBĀDI JAGATĀʾI
HELĀLI ASTARĀBĀDI JAGATĀʾI, Mawlānā Badr-al-Din (Nur-al-Din), accomplished Persian poet of Turkish origin (b. Astarābād, ca. 874/1470; d. Herat, 936/1529). Helāli…
- HĀTEFI, ʿABD-ALLĀH
HĀTEFI, ʿABD-ALLĀH, Persian poet (d. Ḵargerd, 927/1521) and nephew of ʿAbd-al-Rahmān Jāmi. Hātefi was born in around 858/1454 at Ḵargerd,…
- HAŠT BEHEŠT (2)
HAŠT BEHEŠT (lit: “the Eight Heavens, the Eight paradises”), a cosmological concept used on several occasions as the title of…
- GENOA
GENOA, an important port city in Liguria, in northwestern Italy, which during the Middle Ages played a significant role between…
- POLO, MARCO
POLO, MARCO, Venetian merchant and traveler (b. Venice or Curzola, 1254; d. Venice, 8 January 1324), whose travel accounts gained…