Moses of Bergamo

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Moses of Bergamo [1] was a twelfth-century Italian poet and translator. He spent time in Constantinople, where he was one of the first Western Europeans to be interested in collecting Greek language manuscripts. [2]

He is known for his Liber Pergamensis, a description of Bergamo in Latin verse. It is the earliest surviving example of a genre: the patriotic description of a medieval commune.

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  1. Moïse de Bergame, Mosè de Brolo, Moses de Brolo, Moyses Pergamensis.
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