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Item type: Item , Angiolello, Giovan Maria, Memorie(1986) MacKay, Pierre A.Giovanni Maria Angiolello was a Venetian traveller, author of an important historical report on the Aq Qoyunlu and early Safavid Persia. Born around 1451 or 1452 in Vicenza, under the rule of Venice since 1404, Angiolello left Venice in 1468, took part in the defense of Negroponte, besieged by the Ottoman emperor Mehmed II. Enslaved by the Turks, he was taken to Constantinople where he first served the heir apparent, Prince Mustafa, and then the Grand Seraglio.[1] He was with the Ottoman armies in Persia, in the Balkan Peninsula and Asia (1472-1481). After about 1483 Angiolello’s career is uncertain. He came back to his home town Vicenza, married and became a functionary. He possibly had two missions (perhaps for the Venetian Republic) or stayed (as an agent or merchant) in Persia around 1482 (after Sultan Mehmed’s death) and then in between 1499 and 1515.[2] He died around 1525. Source: WikipediaItem type: Item , SS. Mary and Dominic (Ayia Paraskevi) The unique, unaltered 13th century Dominican priory church in Negropont(2014-04-22) MacKAY, Pierre A.; MacKAY, Pierre A.The Dominican House of Negropont was authorized with that of Thebes in 1249, as the first in the Province of Greece. It was begun almost immediately, and the Priory church survives, almost unaltered, as the present day church of Ayia Paraskevi.Item type: Item , Evliya in the Corinthia -Draft-(2014-04-21) MacKAY, Pierre A.This is a draft part of an ongoing translation into English of part of Book VIII of the Seyahatname of Evliya Celebi. The translation is done directly from Evliya's manuscript, with aid from the YKY transcription into Roman letter text.Item type: Item , The Angiolello Manuscript and other Contemporary Sources, Maps and Views of the fortress of Negropont(2014-04-10) MacKAY, Pierre A.This chapter sums up and evaluates the trustworthy and also the fraudulent or careless sources for the fall of Negropont in 1470 and for Angiolello's career in the Ottoman court during the following years.Item type: Item , The Content and Authorship of the Historia Turchesca(2003-05-31) MacKAY, Pierre A.On the basis of two passages in the Historica Turchesca, where Angiolello seems to be quoting his own words, this work has often been ascribed to him. Although he is extensively quoted by the actual (and unknown) author, he is not himself the author and probably had nothing to do with the creation of the Historica Turchesca.Item type: Item , Mediaeval Negropont(2014-02-15) MacKAY, Pierre A.This map is based on archival and narrative evidence from antiquity through the end of the middle ages. It also incorporates all documented geological features of the area. It succeeds and replaces several earlier attempts dating from 2004 on. To view this map, select 021414Negropont.pdf, below.Item type: Item , The Euripus bridge, the castrum pontis, and the Seyahatname of Evliya Çelebi(2013-08-17) MacKAY, Pierre A.;A story in the Seyahatname of Evliya Celebi provides important new information about the shipping through the Euripus channel in both the Venetian and Ottoman periods. This paper reviews the evidence for the Euripus channel from the 5th BC through the 20th centuriesItem type: Item , The Dieci Call for Maps, 1460(2013-08-11) MacKAY, Pierre A.In 1460, the Council of Ten in Venice called for detailed maps of the environment of each fortress in their empire. A map of Negropont engraved in 1571 appears to be based on one of the 1460 maps.