The Codices Vaticani latini 11414-11709
Any careful study of the history of erudition in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries will uncover the names of many remarkable scholars whose work has not thus far been sufficiently evaluated. We may recall the names of Scipione Maffei, Iacopo Facciolati, Egidio Forcellini, Cardinal Angelo Mari...
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| Language: | English |
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Cambridge University Press
1960
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Traditio
Year: 1960, Volume: 16, Pages: 522-529 |
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| Summary: | Any careful study of the history of erudition in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries will uncover the names of many remarkable scholars whose work has not thus far been sufficiently evaluated. We may recall the names of Scipione Maffei, Iacopo Facciolati, Egidio Forcellini, Cardinal Angelo Maria Querini, Gian Domenico Mansi, Angelo Maria Bandini, Girolamo Lagomarsini and many others. Some of these men may not have possessed the keenest philological perception nor the deepest historical insight; still, nearly all of them were imbued with the humanist's innate taste for the classical languages; and with incredible dedication and enthusiasm they undertook gigantic works which would often seem to defy the forces of an individual scholar. Some of them did attain their ultimate goals: the monumental works of Muratori, Bandini and Forcellini were all completed. Others, often for reasons beyond their control, were unable to finish their tasks. Among the latter there is especially the Jesuit, Girolamo Lagomarsini. Born at Porto S. Maria (Cadiz) in 1698 of Genoese parents, he was in Rome from 1713 until 1720; he taught Rhetoric first in Arezzo and Prato, later in Florence, spending there the longest period, 1733-1751. It was in Florence that he undertook his magnum opus, an edition of Cicero's works which was to be in thirty volumes. Before he completed the work he was called to the Collegio Romano in Rome, where he taught Greek until his death in 1773. |
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| ISSN: | 2166-5508 |
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S036215290000619X |