Vittore Trincavelli (also ''Vettore'' or ''Victor Trincavelli''; 1496–1568) was an eminent Italian

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, but is most famous as the editor of some of the first editions of the

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Biography

Trincavelli was born and died at

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. He began his medical studies at the

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, and went afterwards to the

University of Bologna The University of Bologna ( it, Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna, UNIBO) is a public research university in Bologna, Italy. Founded in 1088 by an organised guild of students (''studiorum''), it is the oldest university in continuo ...

, where he became so distinguished for his knowledge of the

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, that the professors of the university would often consult him on difficult passages, and he was honoured by the name of the "Greek scholar." After remaining seven years at Bologna, he returned to Padua to earn his

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and then to the

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, where he was appointed successor to Sebastian Fuscareni in the chair of philosophy. His time was divided between his lectures, his private studies, and his practice as a physician. The latter was so extensive as to bring him annually about three thousand crowns of gold. In 1551 he was appointed successor to

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, in the medical professorship at Padua, and exchanged the profits of his practice for a salary of 950 crowns, which the senate afterwards increased to 1600. While being a professor there, he was the first who lectured on

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in the original language. Finding the infirmities of age approach, he resigned his office, and returned to Venice, where he died in 1568, aged 71.Alexander Chalmers, (editor), 1812
''The General biographical dictionary: containing an historical and critical account of the lives and writings of the most eminent persons in every nation'', volume 30.
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Works

His medical writings, most of which had been published separately, were printed together in 2 volumes at

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, in 1586 and 1592, and at Venice in 1599. He was editor of the following first editions: *'' Themistii Orationes'', 1534. *'' Joannes Grammaticus Philoponus'', 1534. *'' Epicteti Enchiridion'', 1535. *''

Hesiod Hesiod (; grc-gre, Ἡσίοδος ''Hēsíodos'') was an ancient Greek poet generally thought to have been active between 750 and 650 BC, around the same time as Homer. He is generally regarded by western authors as 'the first written poet i ...

'', 1536. The scholia and text of this edition formed the basis of many subsequent editions. Trincavelli also published editions of

Stobaeus Joannes Stobaeus (; grc-gre, Ἰωάννης ὁ Στοβαῖος; fl. 5th-century AD), from Stobi in Macedonia, was the compiler of a valuable series of extracts from Greek authors. The work was originally divided into two volumes containin ...

and other Greek writers.

References

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