Portraits of Julius Caesar in Latin Manuscripts of the Commentaries

Brown, Virginia

doi:10.1484/j.viator.2.301491

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1981

DOI: 10.1484/j.viator.2.301491

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Portraits of Julius Caesar in Latin Manuscripts of the Commentaries

Virginia Brown¹

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“… 94 Brown, 1981, 320. For a full discussion of the manuscript tradition of Caesar's Commentaries , see Brown, 1976 and 1979.…”

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“…By the fifteenth century, however, it was well known that Caesar had authored the Gallic War and the Civil War . See Brown, 1981, 321–23, 327, n. 33, 331.…”

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“… 95 Among them were Leonardo Bruni, Ciriaco d'Ancona, Flavio Biondo, and Vittorino da Feltre. See Grendler, 256; Brown, 1981, 325; Bruni, 108; Biondo, 211. …”

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“… 99 Pade, 76–79. Portraits of Caesar in many illuminated manuscripts of his Commentaries seem to reflect this interest in his princely powers as well as his military prowess: see Brown, 1981, 327–37. …”

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Arms and Letters: Julius Caesar, theCommentariesof Pope Pius II, and the Politicization of Papal Imagery^*

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In their title, theCommentariesof Pope Pius II recall the works of Julius Caesar by the same name. The connections between these ancient and humanist histories, however, run much deeper. This article explores this relationship in detail and in the broader historical and historiographical contexts of fifteenth-century Italy. It argues that in both Caesar's histories and in his career more generally, Pius found much that resonated with his own experiences, challenges, and goals. More importantly, he found in these ancientCommentariesvaluable apologetic strategies for constructing his own textual self-portrait as both pope and prince. In choosing Caesar's histories as his models, Pius was following a recent historiographical precedent. Several Italian Renaissance humanists had also turned to Caesar's works as guides for writing histories about leaders of contemporary temporal politics. This article argues that by adopting the same models when shaping his own image, Pius was effectively politicizing his self-portrait in hisCommentaries.

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“… 94 Brown, 1981, 320. For a full discussion of the manuscript tradition of Caesar's Commentaries , see Brown, 1976 and 1979.…”

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“…By the fifteenth century, however, it was well known that Caesar had authored the Gallic War and the Civil War . See Brown, 1981, 321–23, 327, n. 33, 331.…”

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“… 95 Among them were Leonardo Bruni, Ciriaco d'Ancona, Flavio Biondo, and Vittorino da Feltre. See Grendler, 256; Brown, 1981, 325; Bruni, 108; Biondo, 211. …”

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