Niccolò, da Poggibonsi, active 1345-1350

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Personal name heading	Niccolò, da Poggibonsi, active 1345-1350 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Niccolò da Poggibonsi, fl. 1345 Niccolò, da Poggibonsi, fl. 1345-1350 Niccolò, frate, active 1345-1350 Niccolò, of Poggibonsi, active 1345-1350 Nicholaus, de Podiobonizi, active 1345-1350 Nicola di Corbico, da Poeibonici, active 1345-1350 Nicolao, frate, active 1345-1350 Nicoolao, frate, active 1345-1350 Nicolas, de Poggibonsi, active 1345-1350 Nicolaus, de Podiobonitio, active 1345-1350 Nicolò, di Poggibonsi, active 1345-1350 Nikolaus, von Poggibonsi, active 1345-1350 Podiobonitio, Nicolaus de, active 1345-1350 Podiobonizi, Nicholaus de, active 1345-1350 Poeibonici, Nicola di Corbico da, active 1345-1350 Poggibonsi, Niccolò da, active 1345-1350 Poggibonsi, Nicolò di, active 1345-1350
Beginning date	1345
Ending date	1350
Associated place	Israel Syria Lebanon Egypt Palestine Middle East Mediterranean Region
Birth date	[1310..1320]
Place of birth	Poggibonsi (Italy)
Field of activity	Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages Travel writing Monastic and religious life
Affiliation	Franciscans
Profession or occupation	Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages Travelers Travel writers Authors Monks Friars
Found in	Niccolò, da Poggibonsi. The German translation of Niccolò da Poggibonsi's Libro d'oltramare, 1985: title page (Niccolò da Poggibonsi) p. ii (in preface by the editor, C.D.M. Cossar: Niccolò, a Franciscan from Poggibonsi; wrote about his pilgrimage to the Holy Land, 1346-1350) LC manual auth. cd. (hdg.: Niccolò da Poggibonsi, fl. 1345) Gensini, Sergio. "NICCOLÒ da Poggibonsi," in Dizionario biografico degli Italiani, v. 78, 2013, via Treccani.it website, May 31, 2018 (Niccolò da Poggibonsi, born between 1310 and 1320 at Poggibonsi, near Siena; calls himself "Frate Nicola di Corbico da Poeibonici del contado di Fiorenca dela Provincia di Toscoana" in an acrostic formed from the initial letters of chapters 13 (second half)-86 of his Libro d'Oltramare; father was probably a person named in a document as "Corbiczino Nicolai de Podio Bonitii"; in the "Proemo" to his Libro d'oltramare, he calls himself (in a 1945 edition) "frate Niccolò de' frati minori di Poggibonizi"; his use of "da Poggibonsi" in his name means he was born there, according to contemporary usage among Franciscans; entered the Franciscan order, and embarked on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land in early March 1346 (1345 Old Style); left from Poggibonsi; journeyed to Venice, from where he crossed the Mediterranean, stopping at Nicosia, Cyprus, for several months and then continuing to Jaffa and Jerusalem; traveled elsewhere in the Holy Land, including Hebron, Samaria, Galilee, Bethlehem and Jericho; continued to Damascus and elsewhere in Syria and Lebanon, then to Egypt (Damietta, Alexandria, Cairo); crossed Sinai; returned to Venice by way of Cyprus, Slavonia, Istria and Friuli, then back to Poggibonsi, arriving there around March-April, 1350)) Niccolò, da Poggibonsi. Libro d'oltramare, 1881, via Archive.org, May 31, 2018: title page (by fra Niccolò da Poggibonsi; edited by Alberto Bacchi della Lega) v. 1, page X (frate Niccolò; nothing is known of him but his name, his birthplace Poggibonsi, the name of his father, Corbizi, and the adventures he himself described, beginning in 1345) v. 2, page 248 (Explicit liber sanctuarius de ultremare, editus et ordinatus ... a frate Nicholao de Podiobonizi) pages 4-195 (acrostic formed from the initial letters of chapters1-86 (2nd "F" and 2nd "i" are from end of preceding chapter) reads: Frate Nicoolao, Frate Nicola di Corbico da Poeibonici del contado di Fiorenca de la prouincia di Toscoana) Golubovich, Girolamo. Biblioteca bio-bibliografica della Terra Santa e dell'Oriente francescano, v. 5, 1927: page 1 (section title: "1346-50. -- Terra santa. --Fr. Nicolò di Poggibonsi e il suo Libro d'oltramare"; beginning of section (Let us speak of the travels of our Nicolò, since we know nothing, nothing about his life; quotes Alberto Bacchi della Lega's Preface to the 1881 edition of Libro d'oltramare; acrostic formed from the initial letters of first 86 chapters reads: Frate Nicolao, Frate Nicola di Corbico da Pocibonici del contado di Fiorenca de la provincia di Toscana) pages 1-24 (passim: frate Nicolò; in running titles: fr. Nicolò di Poggibonsi) Deutsche Nationalbibliothek, May 31, 2018 (nid=100954375: Niccolò, da Poggibonsi; active approximately 1345; other names: Nikolaus, von Poggibonsi; Nicolas, de Poggibonsi; Nicolaus, de Podiobonitio; Poggibonsi, Niccolò da; Niccolò, of Poggibonsi)
Associated language	ita