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Florio Bustron

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Florio Bustron (Greek: Φλώριος Βουστρώνιος) (1500s - post-1568, perhaps 9 September 1570), was a 16th century administrator, jurist and historian. Florio became a prominent administrative figure when Cyprus was under Venetian rule. He came from the well known Cypriot Bustron family, possibly of Syrian origin, with Greek and Latinised members.[1][2][3] According to John Sozomenos who described the siege of Nicosia by the Ottomans in 1570, he died during the Turkish invasion.[4]

His work Historia overo commentarii de Cipro was written in Italian prose. A part of his chronicle concerns the final years of the Kingdom of Cyprus with the internal crisis between Queen Charlotte and James the Bastard.[5] He was related to another Cypriot chronicler, Georgios Boustronios, Florio based part of his narrative to the earlier chronicle by Georgios, their chronicles both end in 1489.[6] Florio Bustron also makes one of the earliest references to Halloumi (in Italian, ‘calumi’) made from a mixture of sheep’s and goat’s milk.[7]

The chronicle was later published by René de Mas Latrie, son of the French Historian Luis de Mas Latrie and it was reprinted in 1998 in Nicosia. In 1998 it was published in Greek translation.[3]

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  1. ^ Coureas, Nicholas (2019-03-05). Chequered Fortunes: Foreign Soldiers on Cyprus under King James II (1460–1473) and Their Portrayal in the Cypriot Chronicles. Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-39207-6.
  2. ^ Nicolaou-Konnari, Angel (2016-09-13). "Bustron, Florio". Encyclopedia of the Medieval Chronicle.
  3. ^ a b Polignosi. "Βουστρώνιος Φλώριος". www.polignosi.com. Retrieved 2024-02-18.
  4. ^ Patapiou, Nasa; Lazarou, Chrystalleni (2013). "Hiromeri: A Specialty Ham of Cyprus—Historical Evidence, Culinary and Cultural Perspectives". Ecology of Food and Nutrition. 52 (3): 239–250. doi:10.1080/03670244.2012.706141. ISSN 0367-0244. PMID 23621488. S2CID 41298436.
  5. ^ Beihammer, Alexander (2013-06-01). "The Kingdom of Cyprus and Muslim–Christian Diplomacy in the Age of Mehmed the Conqueror". Crusades. 12 (1): 197–232.
  6. ^ Coureas, Nicholas; Andreas, Orphanides (2007). "Piracy in Cyprus and the Eastern Mediterranean during the Later Lusignan and Venetian Periods (15th-16th Centuries)". Eπετηρίδα του Κέντρου Επιστημονικών Ερευνών. XXXIII: 121–162.
  7. ^ Papademas, P. (2006-07-19), Tamime, Adnan (ed.), "Halloumi Cheese", Brined Cheeses, Oxford, UK: Blackwell Science Ltd, pp. 117–138, doi:10.1002/9780470995860.ch4, ISBN 978-0-470-99586-0, retrieved 2021-02-24