Description

The main goal of this edition is to represent Ramusio’s alleged ‘desk’ in a virtual hypertext environment. In the Electronic Ramusio, the modal windows allow the user to visualize a chapter of Ramusio's text in parallel with its major sources, three of which are given in new born-digital editions. Furthermore, each section of the text is accompanied by a philological commentary made accessible through pop-up windows which present the relevant interface to the user. Finally, it is possible to display (and superimpose) the entire text of the other Milione redactions, and access the records containing the information on the Eastern realia both through the “Lemmario” button in the main Menu and through the internal page links. The simultaneous opening of different windows in an online environment permits to visualize: (1) the main text (Ramusio’s Dei Viaggi); (2) the comment apparatus (containing the identified sources; an analysis of their manipulation; some informative notes); (3) the complete version of the text from which the source extracts are taken, also in parallel with the Ramusian text. An edition as such allows the readers to create their own path within the text(s) provided.