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Roland Of Parma
Roland of Parma,, sometimes ''Rolandino''; la, Rolandus Parmensis also called Rolando Capelluti, was an early 13th-century surgeon. He studied under Roger Frugardi in Parma and wrote a commentary on his teacher's ''Practica chirurgiae'' (Practice of Surgery) around 1230. His commentary, known as the ''Rolandina'', became the standard surgical textbook in the West for the next three centuries. He later taught in Bologna Bologna (, , ; egl, label= Emilian, Bulåggna ; lat, Bononia) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in Northern Italy. It is the seventh most populous city in Italy with about 400,000 inhabitants and 150 different nat .... Notes References Bibliography * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Roland of Parma Physicians from Parma 13th-century Italian writers Medieval surgeons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roland Of Parma, Hippocrates Miniatures, Casanatense MS 1382
Roland (; frk, *Hrōþiland; lat-med, Hruodlandus or ''Rotholandus''; it, Orlando or ''Rolando''; died 15 August 778) was a Frankish military leader under Charlemagne who became one of the principal figures in the literary cycle known as the Matter of France. The historical Roland was military governor of the Breton March, responsible for defending Francia's frontier against the Bretons. His only historical attestation is in Einhard's ''Vita Karoli Magni'', which notes he was part of the Frankish rearguard killed in retribution by the Basques in Iberia at the Battle of Roncevaux Pass. The story of Roland's death at Roncevaux Pass was embellished in later medieval and Renaissance literature. The first and most famous of these epic treatments was the Old French ''Chanson de Roland'' of the 11th century. Two masterpieces of Italian Renaissance poetry, the ''Orlando Innamorato'' and ''Orlando Furioso'' (by Matteo Maria Boiardo and Ludovico Ariosto respectively), are even further ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
