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Niccolò Barbo
Niccolò Barbo ( – 1462) was a Venetian patrician, official and Renaissance humanist. Life Barbo was born in Venice around 1420. He was the son of Piero (Pietro) Barbo and Chiara Bocco. He was distantly related to Paolo Barbo and Pietro Barbo. He studied under George of Trebizond and Paolo della Pergola.; . He was presented for the ' to the Great Council in 1438. In 1440, Barbo served as Venetian ambassador to Alessandria. In 1441, he was an ''advocatus per omnes curias'', one of the staff lawyers in the Doge's Palace. In 1444, he was one of the officials of the wine tax and head of the Council of Forty. In 1448, he served as ambassador to the Counts of Segni. In 1449, he was one of the ''Savi agli Ordini'' and, in 1450, one of the '. From 1450 to 1453, he was the ''visdomino'' of Ferrara. In 1453, Barbo married Pellegrina di Tommaso Franceschi. They had three children: Marino, Pietro and Girolamo. In 1457, Barbo was one of the ducal elector at the election of Pasquale Malip ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Venetian Patrician
The Venetian patriciate ( it, Patriziato veneziano, vec, Patrisiato venesian) was one of the three social bodies into which the society of the Republic of Venice was divided, together with citizens and foreigners. was the Imperial, royal and noble ranks, noble title of the members of the Aristocracy (class), aristocracy ruling the city of Venice and the Republic. The title was abbreviated, in front of the name, by the initials N.H. / N.D., N.H. ( or ), together with the feminine variant N.H. / N.D., N.D. (). Holding the title of a Venetian patrician was a great honour and many European kings and princes, as well as foreign noble families, are known to have asked for and obtained the prestigious title. The patrician houses, formally recorded in the Libro d'Oro, Golden Book, were primarily divided into Old Houses () and New Houses (), with the former being noted for traditionally electing the List of Doges of Venice, first Doge in 697 AD. The New Houses were no less significant, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flavio Biondo
Flavio Biondo (Latin Flavius Blondus) (1392 – June 4, 1463) was an Italian Renaissance humanist historian. He was one of the first historians to use a three-period division of history (Ancient, Medieval, Modern) and is known as one of the first archaeologists. Born in the capital city of Forlì, in the Romagna region, Flavio was well schooled from an early age, studying under Ballistario of Cremona. During a brief stay in Milan, he discovered and transcribed the unique manuscript of Cicero's dialogue ''Brutus''. He moved to Rome in 1433 where he began work on his writing career; he was appointed secretary to the Cancelleria under Eugene IV in 1444 and accompanied Eugene in his exile in Ferrara and Florence. After his patron's death, Flavio was employed by his papal successors, Nicholas V, Callixtus III and the humanist Pius II. Archaeological works Flavio published three encyclopedic works that were systematic and documented guides to the ruins and topography of ancient ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbo Family
The House of Barbo (later Barbo zu / von Waxenstein ) is an Carniolan noble family of Italian people, Italian origin, active mostly in the territory of present-day Slovenia and in Istria. History The Barbo family originated in Veneto, later moving to Inner Austria, especially Carniola (present-day Slovenia). They claimed descendence from Roman Emperor Claudius. In 1547 the family settled in Kožljak (Waxenstein, in German language, German) in Habsburg Istria. They were elevated to the rank of barons in 1622, and to the rank of counts in 1674. The family produced one Pope, Pope Paul II, Paul II, and several high-ranking officials and politicians in the Duchy of Carniola. The last male member, count Robert Barbo von Waxenstein died in 1977. He had one daughter, Countess Livia Barbo von Waxenstein, later Baroness von Reden (1921-2018). Notable family members * Pietro Barbo - later became Pope Paul II * Giovanni Barbo - Roman Catholic Diocese of Pedena, Bishop of Pedena * Ludov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Venetian Nobility
The Venetian patriciate ( it, Patriziato veneziano, vec, Patrisiato venesian) was one of the three social bodies into which the society of the Republic of Venice was divided, together with citizens and foreigners. was the Imperial, royal and noble ranks, noble title of the members of the Aristocracy (class), aristocracy ruling the city of Venice and the Republic. The title was abbreviated, in front of the name, by the initials N.H. / N.D., N.H. ( or ), together with the feminine variant N.H. / N.D., N.D. (). Holding the title of a Venetian patrician was a great honour and many European kings and princes, as well as foreign noble families, are known to have asked for and obtained the prestigious title. The patrician houses, formally recorded in the Libro d'Oro, Golden Book, were primarily divided into Old Houses () and New Houses (), with the former being noted for traditionally electing the List of Doges of Venice, first Doge in 697 AD. The New Houses were no less significant, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poggio Bracciolini
Gian Francesco Poggio Bracciolini (11 February 1380 – 30 October 1459), usually referred to simply as Poggio Bracciolini, was an Italian scholar and an early Renaissance humanist. He was responsible for rediscovering and recovering many classical Latin manuscripts, mostly decaying and forgotten in German, Swiss, and French monastic libraries. His most celebrated finds are ''De rerum natura'', the only surviving work by Lucretius, ''De architectura'' by Vitruvius, lost orations by Cicero such as '' Pro Sexto Roscio'', Quintilian's ''Institutio Oratoria'', Statius' ''Silvae'', and Silius Italicus's ''Punica'', as well as works by several minor authors such as Frontinus' ''De aquaeductu'', Ammianus Marcellinus’ ''Res Gestae'' (''Rerum gestarum Libri XXXI''), Nonius Marcellus, Probus, Flavius Caper, and Eutyches. Birth and education Poggio di Guccio (the surname Bracciolini added during his career) was born near Arezzo in Tuscany, in the village of Terranuova, which in 1862 wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emmanuele Antonio Cicogna
Emmanuele Antonio Cicogna (17 January 1789, Venice - 22 February 1868) was an Italian writer, scholar and book-collector. He left his huge collection of books to the city of Venice and it now forms part of the Museo Correr. He was the son of Giovanni Antonio Cicogna and Elisabetta Bortolucci and came from a Candian family which had obtained Venetian citizenship. His book collection included editions of historical manuscripts, particularly on inscriptions in Venice and its lagoon. He published well over 100 historical, art-historical and biographical essays, transcriptions, bibliographies and short stories. His most notable work is the six-volume ''Delle iscrizioni veneziane'', published between 1824 and 1853 - Carlo Dionisotti commented that "There is still no scholar of the Italian Renaissance who can do without the amazing 'iscrizioni veneziane' by Emanuele Cicogna ... Carlo Dionisotti, ''Ricordi della scuola italiana'', Edizioni di Storia e Letteratura, 1998 (p. 267) Works ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marco Barbo
Marco Barbo (1420 – 2 March 1491) of Venice was a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church (1467) and patriarch of Aquileia (1470). He was a member of the noble Barbo family and a third cousin of Pietro Barbo, who became Pope Paul II. In Rome Marco Barbo resided in the Palazzo di San Marco, as did the Venetian pope, who elected not to remove to the Vatican. From 1467 he was the cardinal patron of the Knights of Rhodes, for whom he built the loggia on the imperial forums. At Paul's death, he was absent from Rome for several years; on his return he commissioned Paul's tomb from Mino da Fiesole, who completed it in 1477 for Old St. Peter's Basilica; fragments are conserved in the Vatican Museums. Barbo participated in the Papal conclave, 1471, which elected Pope Sixtus IV. Barbo was made legate to Germany, Hungary and Poland by Pope Sixtus IV. On 22 February 1472 Barbo left Rome, sent by the Pope to inspire Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor to combat the Ottoman Turks. Barbo r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guarino Veronese
Guarino Veronese or Guarino da Verona (1374 – 14 December 1460) was an Italian classical scholar, humanist, and translator of ancient Greek texts during the Renaissance. In the republics of Florence and Venice he studied under Manuel Chrysoloras ( 1350–1415), renowned professor of Greek and ambassador of the Byzantine emperor Manuel II Palaiologos, the first scholar to hold such course in medieval Italy. Biography He was born in Verona, medieval Italy, and later studied Greek language and literature in Constantinople, at the time capital of the Byzantine Empire, where for five years he was the pupil of the renowned Byzantine Greek scholar, Renaissance humanist, and professor Manuel Chrysoloras. He was also a student of the Italian professor Giovanni Conversini. When he set out to return home, he had with him two cases of precious manuscripts of ancient Greek texts which he had taken great pains to collect. It is said that the loss of one of these by shipwreck caused him ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francesco Barbaro (politician)
Francesco Barbaro (1390–1454) was an Italian politician, diplomat, and humanist from Venice and a member of the patrician Barbaro family. He is interred in the Church of the ''Frari'', Venice. Family Francesco Barbaro was the son of Candiano Barbaro, uncle of Ermolao Barbaro (Bishop), Ermolao Barbaro, grandfather of the younger Ermolao Barbaro, and great-great grandfather of Marcantonio Barbaro and Daniele Barbaro. Francesco's father died in 1391 and Francesco was raised by his older brother Zaccaria. In 1419, Franceso married Maria Loredan, daughter of Procurator of St Mark's, Procurator Pietro Loredan. Francesco and Maria had five daughters and one son, Zaccaria, who was born in 1422. Education Francesco Barbaro was a student at the University of Padua and studied under Giovanni Conversini, John of Ravenna, Gasparino Barzizza, Vittorino da Feltre, Guarino Veronese, and Giovanni Conversini. Career In 1419, Barbaro was appointed senator of the Republic of Venice. He was e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giovanni Pontano
Giovanni Pontano (1426–1503), later known as Giovanni Gioviano ( la, Ioannes Iovianus Pontanus), was a humanist and poet from Cerreto di Spoleto, in central Italy. He was the leading figure of the Accademia Pontaniana after the death of Antonio Beccadelli in 1471, and the academy took his name. Biography Pontano was born at Cerreto in the Duchy of Spoleto, where his father was murdered in one of the frequent civic brawls which then disturbed the peace of Italian towns. His date of birth is given in various sources between 1421 and 1429; it is often given as 1426, but may have been 1429. His mother escaped with the boy to Perugia, and it was here that Pontano received his first instruction in languages and literature. Failing to recover his patrimony, he abandoned Umbria, and at the age of twenty-two established himself at Naples, which continued to be his chief place of residence during a long and prosperous career. He here began a close friendship with the distinguished scho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacopo Rizzoni
Jacopo (also Iacopo) is a masculine Italian given name, derivant from Latin ''Iacōbus''. It is an Italian variant of Giacomo. * Jacopo Aconcio (), Italian religious reformer * Jacopo Bassano (1592), Italian painter * Iacopo Barsotti (1921–1987), Italian mathematician * Jacopo da Bologna (), Italian composer * Jacopo Comin (1518–1594), Italian painter otherwise known as Tintoretto * Jacopo Carucci (1494–1557), Italian painter otherwise known as Pontormo * Jacopo Corsi (1561–1602), Italian composer * Jacopo da Leona (died 1277), Italian poet * Jacopo Peri (1561–1633), Italian composer * Jacopo della Quercia (1438), Italian sculptor * Jacopo Riccati (1676–1754), Italian mathematician * Jacopo Sadoleto (1477–1547), Italian Catholic cardinal * Jacopo M. (1989), Italian Communicator, upholder of the European Commission Fictional characters: * Jacopo, a key character in the 2002 film version of ''The Count of Monte Cristo'' (and a minor character in the book). * Jacopo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrea Trapesunzio
Andrea is a given name which is common worldwide for both males and females, cognate to Andreas, Andrej and Andrew. Origin of the name The name derives from the Greek word ἀνήρ (''anēr''), genitive ἀνδρός (''andrós''), that refers to man as opposed to woman (whereas ''man'' in the sense of ''human being'' is ἄνθρωπος, ''ánthropos''). The original male Greek name, ''Andréas'', represents the hypocoristic, with endearment functions, of male Greek names composed with the ''andr-'' prefix, like Androgeos (''man of the earth''), Androcles (''man of glory''), Andronikos (''man of victory''). In the year 2006, it was the third most popular name in Italy with 3.1% of newborns. It is one of the Italian male names ending in ''a'', with others being Elia ( Elias), Enea (Aeneas), Luca (Lucas), Mattia (Matthias), Nicola (Nicholas), Tobia (Tobias). In recent and past times it has also been used on occasion as a female name in Italy and in Spain, where it is co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
