The journey of Florentine clerics Bernardo Michelozzi (1455-1519) and Bonsignore Bonsignori (1468-1530) to Jerusalem, via Edirne, Constantinople, the west coast of Anatolia and the island of Chios (1497-98), is a well-known “humanist” pilgrimage of the early Renaissance. Michelozzi’s research of Greek and patristic manuscripts and Bonsignori’s attention to ancient sites and monuments have long attracted scholarly interest. Through a new transcription of Bonsignori’s letters and travel account (both made available to me by Bruno Figliuolo), the paper offers an “archaeological” commentary on the stages of the journey in the light of the most up-to-date literature.
