Angelo Canini (Angelus Caninius; 1521–1557) was an Italian grammarian, linguist and scholar from
Anghiari
Anghiari () is a hill town and municipality (''comune'') in the Province of Arezzo, Tuscany, Italy.
Bordering ''comuni'' include Arezzo (southwest), Pieve Santo Stefano (north) and Subbiano (west).
History
The Battle of Anghiari took place on ...
.
Life
His first publication was Book II of the commentary of
Alexander of Aphrodisias
Alexander of Aphrodisias ( grc-gre, Ἀλέξανδρος ὁ Ἀφροδισιεύς, translit=Alexandros ho Aphrodisieus; AD) was a Peripatetic school, Peripatetic philosopher and the most celebrated of the Ancient Greek Commentaries on Aristo ...
on the ''
De anima
''On the Soul'' (Greek: , ''Peri Psychēs''; Latin: ''De Anima'') is a major treatise written by Aristotle c. 350 BC. His discussion centres on the kinds of souls possessed by different kinds of living things, distinguished by their different op ...
'' of
Aristotle
Aristotle (; grc-gre, Ἀριστοτέλης ''Aristotélēs'', ; 384–322 BC) was a Greek philosopher and polymath during the Classical period in Ancient Greece. Taught by Plato, he was the founder of the Peripatetic school of phil ...
(Venice 1546). In the same year he translated the commentary on the ''
De mixtione,'' and the commentary of
Simplicius on the ''Enchiridion'' of
Epictetus
Epictetus (; grc-gre, Ἐπίκτητος, ''Epíktētos''; 50 135 AD) was a Greek Stoic philosopher. He was born into slavery at Hierapolis, Phrygia (present-day Pamukkale, in western Turkey) and lived in Rome until his banishment, when ...
(a revision of
Politian
Agnolo (Angelo) Ambrogini (14 July 1454 – 24 September 1494), commonly known by his nickname Poliziano (; anglicized as Politian; Latin: '' Politianus''), was an Italian classical scholar and poet of the Florentine Renaissance. His scho ...
's). He published an edition of
Aristophanes
Aristophanes (; grc, Ἀριστοφάνης, ; c. 446 – c. 386 BC), son of Philippus, of the deme
In Ancient Greece, a deme or ( grc, δῆμος, plural: demoi, δημοι) was a suburb or a subdivision of Athens and other city-states ...
at Venice in 1548 (''Aristophanes Comoediae Undecim'', Giovanni Griffio).
[Joanna Weinberg, ''A Hebraic Approach to the New Testament'', p. 238-247 in Christopher Ligota, Jean-Louis Quantin (editors), ''History of Scholarship: A Selection of Papers from the Seminar on the History of Scholarship Held Annually at the Warburg Institute'' (2006).]
After time in Spain, he found a patron in
Guillaume du Prat Guillaume Duprat (1507–1560) was a French bishop. He founded the Collège de Clermont in Paris.
He was born at Issoire, son of the chancellor and Cardinal Antoine Duprat. He was appointed Bishop of Clermont in 1529; later he took part in ...
, who helped him move to Paris.
[
He wrote an ]Aramaic
The Aramaic languages, short Aramaic ( syc, ܐܪܡܝܐ, Arāmāyā; oar, 𐤀𐤓𐤌𐤉𐤀; arc, 𐡀𐡓𐡌𐡉𐡀; tmr, אֲרָמִית), are a language family containing many varieties (languages and dialects) that originated in ...
grammar, published in 1554, and taught Hebrew in Paris in the 1550s. At Paris he taught Greek to Bonaventura Corneille Bertram Bonaventura may refer to:
* Bonaventura (given name), given name
* Bonaventura (surname), surname
* Bonaventura (VTA), light-rail station in San Jose, United States of America
* ''Signor Bonaventura'', an Italian comic strip
* Bonaventura Heinz Hou ...
and Dudithius
Andreas Dudith ( hr, Andrija Dudić Orehovički), also András Dudith de Horahovicza (February 5, 1533 in Buda - February 22, 1589 in Wrocław), was a Hungarian nobleman of Croatian and Italian origin, bishop, humanist and diplomat in the Kingdo ...
; he was at the Collège des Lombards
In France, secondary education is in two stages:
* ''Collèges'' () cater for the first four years of secondary education from the ages of 11 to 15.
* ''Lycées'' () provide a three-year course of further secondary education for children between ...
and then the Collège de Cambrai
In France, secondary education is in two stages:
* ''Collèges'' () cater for the first four years of secondary education from the ages of 11 to 15.
* ''Lycées'' () provide a three-year course of further secondary education for children between ...
.[ In 1555 he published in Paris a Greek grammar, ''Hellenismus'' (Ellenismos).
He also translated into Latin as ''Liber Visorum Divinorum'' a Hebrew work of ]Ludovicus Carretus
Ludovicus Carretus was a physician and a Jewish convert to Catholic Christianity of the sixteenth century.
Life
He lived at Florence. He was a native of France and was originally called "Todros Cohen." As the physician of a Spanish duke, he was ...
.
He died in the Auvergne
Auvergne (; ; oc, label=Occitan, Auvèrnhe or ) is a former administrative region in central France, comprising the four departments of Allier, Puy-de-Dôme, Cantal and Haute-Loire. Since 1 January 2016, it has been part of the new region Auverg ...
, France.
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1521 births
1527 deaths
Linguists from Italy
Christian Hebraists