Albertino Mussato

Alber Mussato (* 1261 in Padua, † 1329 in Chioggia ) was an important Italian early humanist, poet and historian.

Life

Alber Mussato came from a humble background. He was supported in the early years of the coming of age paduanischer noble family Viviano del Musso. First, Albertino earned by copying books for students money later, he underwent training as a notary; In this function he is busy end of 1282. Albertino, who describes himself as the son of Giovanni Cavalerio crier in the exhibited by him as notarial deeds, should then pick up the nickname Mussato ( in Latin documents Muxatus or Mussatus ).

Albertino was also politically active, he stood on the side of the Guelphs. He received the support of the influential Guglielmo Dente, whose family marrying. In 1296 he became a member of the city of Padua Council and was entrusted with various tasks, including as ambassador to Pope Boniface VIII Albertino was eventually elevated to the peerage. He survived the political turmoil of the time, although he briefly had to leave the city in 1314. 1325, however, the power of the Guelphs in Padua was finally broken by the Ghibelline Carraresi after already 1318 Giacomo da Carrara had been appointed Signore of the city. His assassination in 1324 led to the outbreak of fighting within the community and to the murder or exile of several opponents of the Carraresi. Albertino also went into exile, where he died also.

Albertino was a friend and student of the early Paduan humanists Lovato de ' Lovati. A incurred to Lovato small circle of scholars, including Albertino was, dealt with ancient Latin works and sought the care of the Latin language and poetry. Inspired by ancient dramas (especially on Seneca ), Albertino wrote his most famous work Ecerinis ( 1314/15 ), for which he was crowned poet laureate in 1315; this was following an ancient tradition in the rest of the first recorded coronation as a poet of humanism. The plot revolves around the rise and fall of the Ghibelline Ezzelino da Romano, the Albertino described in the darkest colors. He also wrote several other works, including a history book about the Italian campaign of Henry VII, at the Milan coronation he participated as a member of the Paduan embassy, and another work on the following years. However, his prose works do not take the same rank as his numerous seals, for which he received a lot of praise, and in which he partly processed their own experiences; so he wrote after he had recovered from an illness, the poem Somnium ( "dream" ).

Expenditure

• Alber Mussato. Thesaurus Antiquitatum et historiarum italiae. Edited by J. G. and P. Graevius Burmannus. Vol 6 (2). Leiden 1722.
• Rerum Scriptores italicarum. Edited by A. L. Muratori. Vol 10 Milan 1727th
• Alber Mussato: Ecerinide. Edited by L. Padrin. Bologna 1900.