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[[Fasciculus:Crescenzi calendar.jpg|thumb|upright=2|Labores mensium sicut in libro manu scripto ''[[Ruralia commoda|Commodorum ruralium]]'' depinguntur]]
{{Other people|Pier Crescenzi|Pier Crescenzi (disambiguation){{!}}Pier Crescenzi}}
'''Petrus de Crescentiis''' seu vulgo ''Pier de' Crescenzi'' (natus annis circiter 1230/1235; mortuus c. 1320) fuit iuris consultus [[Bononia|Bononiensis]] et scriptor de re rustica. Fuit alumnus [[Alma Mater Studiorum|Universitatis Bononiensis]] ubi logicae, medicinae, scentiis naturalibus necnon iurisprudentiae studuit. Iudex et iuris consultus Bononiae inter annos fere 1269 et 1299 operam dedit.Deinde ad villam suam rusticam iuxta Bononiam recedit ibique librum conscripsit de agri et horti cultura, anno [[1309]] perfectum, regi [[Carolus II (rex Neapolitanus)|Carolo II]] Neapolitano et [[Aymericus Placentinus|Aymerico Placentino]], [[Magistri Ordinis Praedicatorum|magistro Ordinis Praedicatorum]], dicatum. Qui liber, titulo ''[[Ruralia commoda]]'' recognitus, in manuscriptis circiter 140 servatus est et in editionibus et versionibus 57 inter annos [[1471]] et 1570 divulgatis.
[[Image:Crescenzi calendar.jpg|thumb|300 px|right|Part of the ''Crescenzi calendar''.]]
== Opera ==
'''Pietro de' Crescenzi''' (or '''Pier Crescenzi''')<ref>Petrus de Crescentius, Petrus de Crescentiis, Petrus Crescentiensis, Peter de Crescentiis, Pietro dei Crescenzi, Pietro de Crescenzi, Pietro de Crescenzi, Pietro de' Crescenzi, Pier de' Crescenzi, Pier de Crescenzi, Pier Crescenzi, Piero Crescientio, Piero de Crescenzi, Piero de' Crescenzi.</ref><ref>Robert G. Calkins, "Piero de' Crescenzi and the Medieval Garden", in ''Medieval Gardens'', ed. Elisabeth B. MacDougall, Dumbarton Oaks, 1986: 155-173. [http://books.google.fr/books?id=i6lciEEzyZ8C&pg=PA182&lpg=PA182&dq=%22Piero+de'+Crescenzi+and+the+Medieval+Garden%22&source=bl&ots=CmuwiVXLPJ&sig=AWaMUfOCi57uqaHIBKas30JopD4&hl=en&sa=X&ei=9TIaUYTnF66r0AXtt4HYDg&ved=0CEMQ6AEwBg Selected pages at Google Books]</ref> (ca. 1230/35-ca. 1320) was an Italian jurist from [[Bologna]], now known as a writer on [[agriculture]].<ref name=OSU>{{cite web|title=Crescenzi, Pietro – 14th Century|url=http://hcs.osu.edu/hort/history/028.html|work=History of Horticulture|publisher=The Ohio State University|accessdate=June 2011}}</ref> Educated at the University of Bologna in logic, medicine, the natural sciences and law, Crescenzi practiced as a lawyer and judge from about 1269 until 1299. After retiring to his villa, the Villa Olmo outside the walls of Bologna, he wrote an agricultural treatise based largely on classical and medieval sources, as well as his own experience as a landowner.
* ''[[Ruralia commoda]]''
== Bibliographia ==
==''Liber ruralium commodorum''==
* Johanna Bauman, "Tradition and Transformation: the Pleasure Garden in Piero de' Crescenzi's ''Liber Ruralium Commodorum''" in ''Studies in the History of Gardens and Designed Landscapes'' (2002) pp. 99-141
* Robert G. Calkins, "Piero de' Crescenzi and the Medieval Garden" in Elisabeth B. MacDougall, ed., ''Medieval Gardens'' (Dumbarton Oaks, 1986) pp. 155-173 {{Google Books|i6lciEEzyZ8C|Paginae selectae}}
== Nexus externi ==
His work ''Liber ruralium commodorum'' (The Book of Rural Benefits) was completed some time between 1304 and 1309, and was dedicated to [[Charles II of Naples]].<ref>Johanna Bauman, "Tradition and Transformation: the Pleasure Garden in Piero de' Crescenzi's ''Liber Ruralium Commodorum''", ''Studies in the History of Gardens and Designed Landscapes'' (2002): 99-141.</ref> King [[Charles V of France]] ordered a French translation in 1373. After circulating in numerous manuscript copies, Crescenzi's treatise became the first printed modern text on agriculture when it was published in [[Augsburg]] by [[Johann Schüssler]] in 1471.<ref name=rur>{{cite book|last= Crescentius|first=Petrus de|title=Ruralia commoda|date=16 February 1471|publisher=Johannes Schüssler|location=[Augsburg]|pages=417|url= http://bibliotecadigitalhispanica.bne.es:80/webclient/DeliveryManager?pid=1604508&custom_att_2=simple_viewer|accessdate= June 2011|language= Latin}}</ref> Some 57 editions in Latin, Italian, French, and German appeared during the following century.<ref>Frank J. Anderson, ''An Illustrated History of the Herbals'', New York, 1977. [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=znOfkbic5OEC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false Selected pages at Google Books]</ref>
* [http://hos.ou.edu/galleries//03Medieval/Crescenzi/ Imagines e libris manu scriptis ''Commodorum ruralium'']
* "[http://hcs.osu.edu/hort/history/028.html Crescenzi, Pietro – 14th Century]" in ''History of Horticulture'' apud universitatem Civicam Ohiensem
{{DEFAULTSORT: CrescenziCrescentiis, PietroPetrus de}} ▼==Sections==
[[Categoria:Scriptores Italiae]]
[[Categoria:Auctores Latini mediaevales]]
Crescenzi's book was organized in 12 parts:
[[Categoria:Iuris consulti]]
# Siting and layout of a manor, villa or farm, considering climate, winds, and water supply; also the duties of the head of the estate
[[Categoria:Nati saeculo 13]]
# Botanical properties of plants and horticultural techniques
[[Categoria:Mortui saeculo 14]]
# Agriculture of cereals and building of a granary
[[Categoria:Alumni Universitatis Bononiensis]]
# Vines and winemaking
# Arboriculture—trees useful for food and medicine
# Horticulture—plants useful for food and medicine
# Management of meadows and woodland
# Pleasure gardens
# Animal husbandry and bee keeping
# Hunting and fishing
# General summary
# Monthly calendar of tasks
==See also==
*[[History of agriculture]]
==References and notes==
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==External links==
*[http://hos.ou.edu/galleries//03Medieval/Crescenzi/ Online Galleries, History of Science Collections, University of Oklahoma Libraries] High resolution images of works by Pietro Crescenzi in .jpg and .tiff format.
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