{"id":5353,"date":"2014-01-30T08:26:14","date_gmt":"2014-01-30T16:26:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/?p=5353"},"modified":"2014-01-30T08:26:14","modified_gmt":"2014-01-30T16:26:14","slug":"from-the-archives-plutarch-1538","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/from-the-archives-plutarch-1538\/","title":{"rendered":"From the Archives: Plutarch (1538)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/files\/2014\/01\/Plutarch.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5355\" alt=\"Plutarch\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/files\/2014\/01\/Plutarch.jpg\" width=\"201\" height=\"310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/files\/2014\/01\/Plutarch.jpg 201w, https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/files\/2014\/01\/Plutarch-194x300.jpg 194w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 201px) 100vw, 201px\" \/><\/a>Amongst the beautiful old tomes in Archives &amp; Special Collections sits a 1538 edition of <a href=\"http:\/\/simon.ups.edu\/record=b1570375~S0\">Plutarch\u2019s <i>Lives<\/i><\/a>. The work explores the actions of Themistocles, Pericles, Aristides, Alcibiades, Coriolanus, Demosthenes, Cicero, Caesar, and Antony in eleven sections. It is both a history and a type of moral guide, as Plutarch highlighted the moral value of each man\u2019s life.<\/p>\n<p>This magnanimous volume is written completely in Latin \u2013 it was translated by Girolamo Birago and Donato Acciaiuoli, amongst others \u2013 and the page margins contain notations in Italian and Greek. The first letter of each chapter is carefully hand-detailed and accompanied by vines, flowers, or a small human figure. Red and black marbled patterns cover the book\u2019s cover and text blocks.<\/p>\n<p>For those interested in Classics or the Latin language, this volume is a beautiful and intriguing source of material. Consider its age, author, and content, and imagine the lives of those who have also read this book in its half-millennium lifespan! Visit Plutarch in the Archives, and you will find yourself beside a provocative piece of the past.<\/p>\n<p><i>By Maya Steinborn<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amongst the beautiful old tomes in Archives &amp; Special Collections sits a 1538 edition of Plutarch\u2019s Lives. The work explores the actions of Themistocles, Pericles, Aristides, Alcibiades, Coriolanus, Demosthenes, Cicero, Caesar, and Antony in eleven sections. It is both a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/from-the-archives-plutarch-1538\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":106,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5353","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-from-the-archives"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5353","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/106"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5353"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5353\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5359,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5353\/revisions\/5359"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}