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Teseo Ambrogio Degli Albonesi
Teseo Ambrogio degli Albonesi (''Theseus Ambrosius'', 1469–1540) was an Italian humanist. He was a proponent of Christian Kabbalah and an early student of Semitic languages. His ''Introductio ad Chaldaicam linguam, Syriacam, atque Armenicam, et decem alias linguas'' (Pavia 1539) was one of the earliest Western studies of Syriac and Armenian. The bulk of the work consists of an ''Introduction to Chaldean, Syriac and Armenian'' (foll. 9–192). To this is added an ''Appendix'' which includes the presentation of alphabets (foll. 193–213), including brief references to Coptic (called "Jacobite") and Ethiopic (misleadingly called "Indian") and comments on the ancestry of European languages, especially languages of Italy, with a discussion of Etruscan. Works * ''Introductio ad Chaldaicam linguam, Syriacam, atque Armenicam, et decem alias linguas'', Pavia (1539)archive.org [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teseo Ambrogio Degli Albonesi, Introductio In Chaldaicam Lingua, Syriac, Atque Armenica, 1539
''Teseo'' ("Theseus", HWV 9; ) is an opera seria with music by George Frideric Handel, the only Handel opera that is in five acts. The Italian-language libretto was by Nicola Francesco Haym, after Philippe Quinault's ''Thésée''. It was Handel's third London opera, intended to follow the success of ''Rinaldo'' after the unpopular ''Il pastor fido''. First performed on 10 January 1713,''Teseo'' featured "magical" effects such as flying dragons, transformation scenes and apparitions and had a cast of notable Italian opera singers. It was a success with London audiences, receiving thirteen performances even though the stage machinery for the "magical" effects broke down, and would have received more performances had not one of the theatre's managers run away with the box office receipts. Performance history The opera was premiered at the Queen's Theatre in the Haymarket on 10 January 1713. It received an additional 12 performances through 16 May 1713, a mark of success at those ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italian Humanist
Renaissance humanism was a revival in the study of classical antiquity, at first in Italy and then spreading across Western Europe in the 14th, 15th, and 16th centuries. During the period, the term ''humanist'' ( it, umanista) referred to teachers and students of the humanities, known as the , which included grammar, rhetoric, history, poetry, and moral philosophy. It was not until the 19th century that this began to be called ''humanism'' instead of the original ''humanities'', and later by the retronym ''Renaissance humanism'' to distinguish it from later humanist developments. During the Renaissance period most humanists were Christians, so their concern was to "purify and renew Christianity", not to do away with it. Their vision was to return ''ad fontes'' ("to the sources") to the simplicity of the New Testament, bypassing the complexities of medieval theology. Under the influence and inspiration of the classics, humanists developed a new rhetoric and new learning. Some scho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
