Francesco Robortello (Latin: Franciscus Robortellus; 1516–1567) was a Renaissance humanist, nicknamed Canis grammaticus ("the grammatical dog") for his confrontational and demanding manner.
Robortello, who was born in Udine, was an editor of rediscovered works of Antiquity, who taught philosophy and rhetoric, as well as ethics (following Aristotle), and Latin and Greek, roving from Padua through universities at Lucca, Pisa, Venice, Padua, and Bologna before finally returning to Padua in 1560.
Robortello's scientific approach to textual emendations laid the groundwork for modern Hermeneutics. His commentary on Aristotle's Poetics formed the basis for Renaissance and 17th century theories of comedy, influential in writing for the theatre everywhere save in England. At the same time he was the conservative Aristotelian philosopher who urged woman to submit her will to that of her husband on the basis of her moral weakness, in his libro politicos: Aristotelis disputatio (Venice, 1552, p. 175, quoted Comensoli 1989).
He followed his In librum Aristotelis de arte poetica explicationes (1548), in which he emended the Latin version of Alessandro de’ Pazzi (published 1536), with a paraphrase of Horace's Ars Poetica and with explications of genres missing in the surviving text of Aristotle: De Satyra, De Epigrammate, De Comoedia, De Salibus, De Elegia.
In the fields of philology and history he sustained controversies in print with Carolus Sigonius and Vincenzo Maggi in the form of essay-like orations, correcting the editions published in Venice by Aldus Manutius, and even philological missteps of Erasmus. These brief essays were collected and published at intervals.[1][2] A convention of surveys of Italian linguistics (Gensini 1993) is to start with Robortello.
Robortello died at Padua, where, in the 1550s, one of his pupils was Giacomo Zabarella. Another pupil was Jan Kochanowski, a poet who wrote both in Polish and Latin and introduced the ideas, forms and spirit of the Renaissance into Polish literature.
Main worksedit
De historica facultate disputatio (alternatively as De arte historica), 1548; 1567. An incunable of historiography.
De rhetorica facultate, 1548
In Aristotelis poeticam explicationes, Florence 1548, 2nd edition 1555. Reinterpreting Aristotle's Poetics for the humanist.
Dionysi Longini rhetoris praestantissimi liber de grandi sive sublimiorationis genere ... cum adnotationibus, Basel 1554. Recovering the lost literary criticism of Longinus, On the Sublime.
Thesaurus criticus, 1557, second edition, 1604
De arte, sive ratione corrigendi antiquorum libros disputatio, Florence 1548;[3] 2nd edition 1562 This "Lecture on the art and method of correcting the books of the old writers" was one of the first critical discussions of the methodologies to apply in correcting texts of Antiquity.
De artificio dicendi 1567. A textbook of rhetoric.
Notesedit
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Referencesedit
Ryan, E. E. "Robortello and Maggi on Aristotle's Theory of Catharsis". in Rinascimento XXII (1982) pp 263–273.
External linksedit
Franciscus Robortellus (Francesco Robortello) (in German)
(in Italian)
note.
Theaterbase: Barret H. Clark, Italian Dramatic Criticism of the Renaissance. Context of Robortello's works.
Further readingedit
María José Vega, La formación de la teoría de la comedia: Francesco Robortello.
Edward John Kenney, 1974 The Classical Text: Aspects of Editing in the Age of the Printed Book (University of California), 1974), especially pp 29–36.
Goran Gaber, "Francesco Robortello et la naissance de l’historiographie moderne" dans M. Bouquet & C. Lesage (Eds.), Francesco Robortello. Réception des anciens & construction de la modernité. Presses Universitaires de Rennes (2018), pp. 257-270.
May 10, 2024
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Francesco Robortello Latin Franciscus Robortellus 1516 1567 was a Renaissance humanist nicknamed Canis grammaticus the grammatical dog for his confrontational and demanding manner Francesco RobortelloBorn9 September 1516 Udine Republic of VeniceDied18 March 1567 aged 50 Padua Republic of VeniceNationalityItalianOccupationUniversity teacher Renaissance humanist editor MovementRenaissance Contents 1 As scholar 2 Main works 3 Notes 4 References 5 External links 6 Further readingAs scholar editRobortello who was born in Udine was an editor of rediscovered works of Antiquity who taught philosophy and rhetoric as well as ethics following Aristotle and Latin and Greek roving from Padua through universities at Lucca Pisa Venice Padua and Bologna before finally returning to Padua in 1560 Robortello s scientific approach to textual emendations laid the groundwork for modern Hermeneutics His commentary on Aristotle s Poetics formed the basis for Renaissance and 17th century theories of comedy influential in writing for the theatre everywhere save in England At the same time he was the conservative Aristotelian philosopher who urged woman to submit her will to that of her husband on the basis of her moral weakness in his libro politicos Aristotelis disputatio Venice 1552 p 175 quoted Comensoli 1989 He followed his In librum Aristotelis de arte poetica explicationes 1548 in which he emended the Latin version of Alessandro de Pazzi published 1536 with a paraphrase of Horace s Ars Poetica and with explications of genres missing in the surviving text of Aristotle De Satyra De Epigrammate De Comoedia De Salibus De Elegia In the fields of philology and history he sustained controversies in print with Carolus Sigonius and Vincenzo Maggi in the form of essay like orations correcting the editions published in Venice by Aldus Manutius and even philological missteps of Erasmus These brief essays were collected and published at intervals 1 2 A convention of surveys of Italian linguistics Gensini 1993 is to start with Robortello Robortello died at Padua where in the 1550s one of his pupils was Giacomo Zabarella Another pupil was Jan Kochanowski a poet who wrote both in Polish and Latin and introduced the ideas forms and spirit of the Renaissance into Polish literature Main works editDe historica facultate disputatio alternatively as De arte historica 1548 1567 An incunable of historiography De rhetorica facultate 1548 In Aristotelis poeticam explicationes Florence 1548 2nd edition 1555 Reinterpreting Aristotle s Poetics for the humanist Dionysi Longini rhetoris praestantissimi liber de grandi sive sublimiorationis genere cum adnotationibus Basel 1554 Recovering the lost literary criticism of Longinus On the Sublime Thesaurus criticus 1557 second edition 1604 De arte sive ratione corrigendi antiquorum libros disputatio Florence 1548 3 2nd edition 1562 This Lecture on the art and method of correcting the books of the old writers was one of the first critical discussions of the methodologies to apply in correcting texts of Antiquity De artificio dicendi 1567 A textbook of rhetoric Notes edit ROBORTELLO FRANCESCO de historica facultate disputatio Laconici seu sudationis explicatio De nominibus Romanorum De rhetorica facultate Explicatio in Catulli Epithalamium his accesserunt Annotationum in varia tam Graecorum quam Latinorum loca libri II Ode Graeca quae biochresm dia inscribitur Explanationum in primum Aeneid Vergilij librum eodem Robortello praelegente collectae a Ioanne Baptista Busdrago Lucensi Archived from the original on 2005 03 15 Retrieved 2005 12 03 Biblioteca comunale di Empoli Catalogo delle edizioni del Cinquecento Scheda 319 Comune empoli fi it Archived from the original on 2012 07 17 Retrieved 2012 11 07 Firenze Lorenzo Torrentino 1548 Archived 2005 03 15 at the Wayback MachineReferences editRyan E E Robortello and Maggi on Aristotle s Theory of Catharsis in Rinascimento XXII 1982 pp 263 273 External links editFranciscus Robortellus Francesco Robortello in German Italica Rinascimento Francesco Robortello in Italian Viviana Comensoli Gender and Eloquence in Dekker s The Honest Whore Part II note Theaterbase Barret H Clark Italian Dramatic Criticism of the Renaissance Context of Robortello s works Further reading editMaria Jose Vega La formacion de la teoria de la comedia Francesco Robortello Edward John Kenney 1974 The Classical Text Aspects of Editing in the Age of the Printed Book University of California 1974 especially pp 29 36 Goran Gaber Francesco Robortello et la naissance de l historiographie moderne dans M Bouquet amp C Lesage Eds Francesco Robortello Reception des anciens amp construction de la modernite Presses Universitaires de Rennes 2018 pp 257 270 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Francesco Robortello amp oldid 1221190133, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
