Teramo Castelli

Teramo Castelli
Teramo Castelli (right) speaking with King Teimuraz I of Kakheti
Born	1597
Died	3 October 1659(1659-10-03) (aged 61–62)

Teramo Cristoforo Castelli (1597 – 3 October 1659) was an Italian Theatine missionary, born of a noble family, who spent twenty-two years in Georgia from 1632 to 1654. He left seven volumes of travel notes and pen-and-ink sketches and other illustrations, mainly of the people and landscapes of Georgia. This manuscript was discovered and delivered to the municipal library of Palermo by the priest Gioacchino di Marzo in 1878 and brought to the attention of scholars of Georgia by Michel Tamarati in 1910.^[1]^[2]^[3]

References

^ Cajani, Luigi (1978). "Castelli, Teramo". Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani, Volume 21 (in Italian). Retrieved 26 February 2014.
^ Chikhladze, Marietta (2013). "Cristoforo Castelli's narration: between the word and image. Paper presented at: IFLA World Library and Information Congress, 17 - 23 August 2013, Singapore". Retrieved 26 February 2014.
^ "Geographical Notes". Nature. 30 (780): 569–570. 9 October 1884. Bibcode:1884Natur..30..569.. doi:10.1038/030569a0.