| FT-54889-07 | Research Programs: Summer Stipends | Jeffrey S. Turley | Translation the "Comentarios" of Garcia de Silva y Figueroa, 1614-1624. | 5/1/2007 - 7/31/2007 | $5,000.00 | Jeffrey | S. | Turley | | | | Brigham Young University | Provo | UT | 84602 | USA | 2007 | Near and Middle Eastern History | Summer Stipends | Research Programs | 5000 | 0 | 5000 | 0 |
During the 17th century, several European writers chronicled their voyages to Persia. The most celebrated of these was Jean Chardin, whose 10-volume work is held to be the masterpiece of the genre. Unduly ignored, however, is the memoir of Garcia de Silva y Figueroa, the Spanish Secretary of State who was sent to Shah Abbas I by Philip III half a century before Chardin. During his decade-long (1614-1624) embassy, Garcia de Silva recorded his observations in his Comentarios. Despite its merit, scholars have found access to the manuscript of the Comentarios difficult at best; there is a transcription but no complete translation. (Edited by staff) |