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John Florio
Giovanni Florio (1552–1625), known as John Florio, was an English linguist, poet, writer, translator, lexicographer, and royal language tutor at the Court of James I. He is recognised as the most important Renaissance humanist in England. Florio contributed 1,149 words to the English language, placing third after Chaucer (with 2,012 words) and Shakespeare (with 1,969 words), in the linguistic analysis conducted by Stanford professor John Willinsky. Florio was the first translator of Montaigne into English, the first translator of Boccaccio into English and he wrote the first comprehensive Italian–English dictionary (surpassing the only previous modest Italian–English dictionary by William Thomas published in 1550). Playwright and poet Ben Jonson was a personal friend, and Jonson hailed Florio as "loving father" and "ayde of his muses". Philosopher Giordano Bruno was also a personal friend; Florio met the Italian philosopher in London, while both of them were residing at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Hole (engraver)
William Hole (or Holle) was a skilled English engraver who died in 1624 though the date of his birth is uncertain. Hole's work suggests French influence. Career His first dated plates belong to 1607, among them the title page for a London edition of the ''Breeches Bible''. For many books, Hole engraved a portrait of the author, such as John Florio's 1611 Italian and English dictionary, George Chapman's 1616 translation of the ''Iliad'', and George Wither's 1617 book of poems. Hole also made maps and travelogue material. Music engraving For the publication ''Parthenia, or The Maydenhead of the First Musicke that ever was Printed for the Virginalls'' (c.1612), he engraved keyboard music by three English composers, Dr John Bull, William Byrd and Orlando Gibbons. This was the first time that intaglio copperplate engraving was used for English music scores,Parthenia. In Latham, A. (Ed.), The Oxford Companion to Music: Oxford University Press. Retrieved 10 Jun. 2020, from http ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
