cicerone
Cicerone is a name for a tourist guide who leads tourists and visitors to museums, sights, etc. and explains the archaeological, historical and artistic backgrounds. Presumably the term is supposed to remind of Marcus Tullius Cicero , who is famous for his eloquence and teaching methods.
Furthermore, since the mid-19th century , Cicerone has been used as a book title for guides to famous art sites such as:
- Jacob Burckhardt : The Cicerone. A guide to enjoying Italy's works of art. I. Architecture, II. Sculpture, III. Painting. (3 volumes), Schweizerbart, Basel 1855;
- by Georg Hirth and Richard Muther in the series Der Cicerone in the art collections of Europe, so 1888: The Cicerone in the Munich Alte Pinakothek and 1898: The Cicerone in the Königliche Gemäldegalerie in Berlin, both at Hirth, Munich and Leipzig;
- by Gustav Ebe : The German Cicerone. Guide through the art treasures of the German-speaking countries in 4 volumes, Spamer, Leipzig 1897, 1898, 1901
- and for the extensive series of Artemis-Cicerone art and travel guides published by Artemis in the 1970s and 80s in Zurich and Munich .
In addition, the term served as the title of the art magazine Der Cicerone. Semi-monthly publication for the interests of the art researcher & collector, ed. by Georg Biermann at Klinkhardt & Biermann in Leipzig 1909–1930.
Despite the Italian origin of the term is The New English Dictionary examples of its use in English prior to its use in Italian: namely the Dialogue on Medals of Joseph Addison , published posthumously in 1726. However, the grammatically incorrect, Italianized plural form “Ciceroni” in Latin can already be identified in his four-volume posthumous work edition from 1721.
Initially, the word was used for antique collectors who explained to strangers the antiques and curiosities of their country ( New English Dictionary, 1762).
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The content of the article uses material from the 1911 public domain Encyclopaedia Britannica .
Web links
- Pascal Tréguer: meaning and origin of the word 'cicerone'. In: wordhistories.net, July 18, 2017
- Example: Cicerones de Buenos Aires
Individual evidence
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↑ The Cicerone. Semi-monthly publication for the interests of the art researcher & collector, ISSN 2510-6104 , urn : nbn: de: bsz: 16-diglit-203592 . -
Maria Effinger: Der Cicerone: bi-monthly publication for the interests of the art researcher & collector - digital. In: ub.uni-heidelberg.de. Heidelberg University Library , February 20, 2019, accessed on May 29, 2019. - ↑ Quotation from Cicerone . In: Encyclopaedia Britannica . 1911, p. 360.
- ^ Latin Cicerones would be correct ; for example with Charles Richardson: Ciceroni . In: Charles Richardson (Ed.): A New English Dictionary of the English Language . tape 1 : A-K . William Pickering, London 1836, p. 315 , col. a (English, Latin, scan in Google book search [accessed on May 29, 2019] quoted is Eustace: Italy ).
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^ Joseph Addison: Dialogues upon the usefulness of ancient medals . Especially in relation to the Latin and Greek poets. In: Jacob Tonson (ed.): The Works of the Right Honorable Joseph Addison, Esq. In four volumes. tape 1 . London 1721, OCLC 228675360 , Dialogue I., p. 429–559 , p. 443 (English, Latin, scan in Google Book Search [accessed May 29, 2019]). -
Several reprints of the text, as mentioned in the following edition: Joseph Addison: Dialogues upon the usefulness of ancient medals . Especially in relation to the Latin and Greek poets. [O. N.], [o. O.] 1726, Dialogue I., p. 22 (English, Latin, scan in Google Book Search [accessed May 29, 2019]). - ↑ Cicerone . In: Encyclopaedia Britannica . 1911, p. 360.