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8 ON A MS. HIST. OF CANDIA, BY ONORIO BELLI.
Then follows a list of authors consulted : after which is
The Preface: in which he excuses himself for having recounted
several fables in the beginning of his work.
It commenced with the words—" Fu costume non solo degli
antichi paisi, et degli historici," etc. After this is
A General Description of the Island of Crete, beginning with these
words—" La isola di Candia fu anticamente chiamata Aeria,"
etc. In the first part is described the position of the island, its
mountains, antiquities, rivers, and principal promontories. He
corrects the table of Ptolemy's longitudes and latitudes, and he
confronts the ancient with the modern names : he recounts the
history of its fabulous inhabitants, who were accounted gods
and heroes by the ancient Gentiles; he gives the lives of those
of its more recent natives whose names are rendered famous by
history, he depicts the laws and customs of the country, he
describes the present condition of the towns and inhabitants,
pointing out the situation and state of preservation of the ruins
of the ancient cities, and accompanying the work with plans
and drawings of the more remarkable places and monuments,
together with many Greek inscriptions recently discovered.
In the second book he treats of the ancient and modern wars,
down to the period when the island fell into the possession of
the Serene Republic; he furnishes a list of the colonies of noble
Venetians sent there, the rebellions which followed, the garri-
sons appointed by the Republic, and gives account of the vari-
ous particulars of antiquity and interest throughout the country.
(A.Z.)
Two copies of this work are known to have existed: one was
in the possession of the Padre Carlo Lodoli, Minore Osservante
of Venice ;* the other, an imperfect copy, was held by Jacopo
Filipo Tomasini, bishop of Citta Nuova.j" The work is spoken
*■ Maffei, Degli Anfiteatri, p. 67. Mazzuchelli (Conte Giammaria), Gli Scrit-
tori d'Italia, voce Belli.
f Tomasini, Bill. Patav. MSS., p. 129.
Then follows a list of authors consulted : after which is
The Preface: in which he excuses himself for having recounted
several fables in the beginning of his work.
It commenced with the words—" Fu costume non solo degli
antichi paisi, et degli historici," etc. After this is
A General Description of the Island of Crete, beginning with these
words—" La isola di Candia fu anticamente chiamata Aeria,"
etc. In the first part is described the position of the island, its
mountains, antiquities, rivers, and principal promontories. He
corrects the table of Ptolemy's longitudes and latitudes, and he
confronts the ancient with the modern names : he recounts the
history of its fabulous inhabitants, who were accounted gods
and heroes by the ancient Gentiles; he gives the lives of those
of its more recent natives whose names are rendered famous by
history, he depicts the laws and customs of the country, he
describes the present condition of the towns and inhabitants,
pointing out the situation and state of preservation of the ruins
of the ancient cities, and accompanying the work with plans
and drawings of the more remarkable places and monuments,
together with many Greek inscriptions recently discovered.
In the second book he treats of the ancient and modern wars,
down to the period when the island fell into the possession of
the Serene Republic; he furnishes a list of the colonies of noble
Venetians sent there, the rebellions which followed, the garri-
sons appointed by the Republic, and gives account of the vari-
ous particulars of antiquity and interest throughout the country.
(A.Z.)
Two copies of this work are known to have existed: one was
in the possession of the Padre Carlo Lodoli, Minore Osservante
of Venice ;* the other, an imperfect copy, was held by Jacopo
Filipo Tomasini, bishop of Citta Nuova.j" The work is spoken
*■ Maffei, Degli Anfiteatri, p. 67. Mazzuchelli (Conte Giammaria), Gli Scrit-
tori d'Italia, voce Belli.
f Tomasini, Bill. Patav. MSS., p. 129.