Giovanni Aurispa
1376-1459
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Title
Giovanni Aurispa
1376-1459
1376-1459
Portrait Item Type Metadata
Birthplace
Noto (Sicily)
Place of Death
Ferrara
Biographical Text
Itinerant humanistic teacher in Venice, Bologna, Florence, and Ferrara from 1424-1440. He brought 238 vols. of the Greek classics from Constantinople to Italy in 1423 and discovered Tertullian, the Panegyrici with the Panegyricus in Traianum of the younger Pliny and Donatus' commentary on Terence.
Nationality
Italian
Source
Prof. Medea Norsa, Florence.
Further Resources
Citation
“Giovanni Aurispa
1376-1459,” Alfred Gudeman's Imagines Philologorum, 2nd Edition, accessed April 18, 2024, https://imaginesphilologorum.net/items/show/84.
1376-1459,” Alfred Gudeman's Imagines Philologorum, 2nd Edition, accessed April 18, 2024, https://imaginesphilologorum.net/items/show/84.