BIANCO, Noé
Franciscan friar Noe Bianco made his pilgrimage to the Holy Land around 1527 and died in Peruggia in 1568. He followed the usual pilgrim route without unforessen events that would cause him to modify his itinerary. Thus, he sailed out from Venice and reached Palestine after stopping over at the Venetian cities on the Adriatic, the Ionian islands and the islands of the southern Aegean. Bianco toured Jerusalem and the nearby holy sites and returned to Venice by way of Cyprus, Crete and Corfu in November 1527.
His chronicle was published in 1566 and republished many times (1570, 1585, 1638, 1738). In 1600, a very well-known although anonymous pilgrim account in Italian began to circulate as authored by Bianco, probably an editorial strategy to ensure success with the reading public. To date, scholarship has not reached a conclusion as to the authorship of the work’s various editions, and great confusion continues to dominate on this question. Probably a crucial difference as to content is that probably the extracts signed by Bianco are marked by a more personal tone.
The first part of the chronicle contains a list of necessary provisions for the journey to the Holy Land, and advice on the preparation of the journey. The 1600 edition is illustrated with wood engravings that depict mainly ports, locations and pilgrim sites in the Holy Land, something original for pilgrim chronicles of the time.
Written by Ioli Vingopoulou
BIANCO, Noé - Aegean islands - Aegean sea islands
BIANCO, Noé - Rest Images
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Chapel of the tombs of Godefroy de Bouillon and Baldwin I of Jerusalem.
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Chapel of the Resurrection where the Holy Fire miracle takes place.
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The fountain in which Virgin Mary washed infant Jesus' baby clothes.
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The site where Jesus was arrested by the Romans. Kidron Brook in Jerusalem.
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View of the outfall of river Jordan into the Sea of Galilee.
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View of river Jordan at the place where Saint John the Baptist baptized Jesus.
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Church on the outskirts of Beirut, where according to tradition Saint George killed the dragon.
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Tower of Babel in Babylon, Mesopotamia (imaginary depiction).
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View of the fortress of Babylon in Cairo (modern-day Coptic quarter).
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Inn on the route from Ramla to Jerusalem, near the remains of the fortress of the Maccabees.
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View of Jerusalem with the Holy Sepulchre and other major locations of the city.
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Baboon, crocodile, unicorn and salamander. Long-eared goat and long-tailed ram or billy-goat.
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The Burning Bush of Moses at the Monastery of Saint Catherine on Mount Sinai.
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The remains of Saint Catherine in the katholikon of the monastery of Saint Catherine on Mount Sinai.
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Katholikon of the monastery of Saint Catherine on Mount Sinai.
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View of fortress on the Nile, on the route from Cairo to Alexandria.
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The tools used by Noah to construct the Ark. Port of Beirut.
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Church on the route from Damascus to Beirut, site of Noah's tomb according to tradition.
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Site outside Damascus where it was believed that Cain killed Abel.
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View of settlement, possibly Capernaum in Galilee. Site where Jesus Christ fed the multitude.
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Chapel of Ascension, built on the spot where Christ was ascended to heaven.
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The house where Judas Iscariot stayed in Jerusalem. The spot where Judas hanged himself.
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View of Jerusalem with the Holy Sepulchre and other major locations of the city.
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View of city near Tiberias. According to the author, it is the biblical city of Betulia.