Poliziano

Angelo Poliziano, actually Angiolo Ambrogini (Latin Angelus Politianus, Angelus Ambrosini; ger also briefly Politian; * July 14, 1454 in Montepulciano, † September 29, 1494 in Florence ) was an Italian humanist and poet of the Renaissance. His works were decisive for the development of humanist Latin.

Life

Poliziano was educated in Florence and then worked as an educator and chancellor of the sons of the Florentine statesman Lorenzo de Medici.

Poliziano turned to from 1477 almost exclusively classical studies. In 1480 he obtained the chair of Greek and Latin literature at the University of Florence. His excellent reputation attracted students from all over Italy and other European countries. His listeners included Michelangelo, Johannes Reuchlin and the English humanist Thomas Linacre and William Grocyn. In 1485 he became canon of the cathedral at Florence.

Angelo Poliziano and Hermolaus Barbarus apply than those who used the term encyclopaedia end of the 15th century as the first.

Works

• Short epic punch per la giostra ( Eng.: The Triumph of Cupid ), 1475-1478
• Fabula di Orfeo drama (English: The Tragedy of Orpheus ), 1494
• Angelo Poliziano: Liber epigrammatum Graecorum. In: Filippomaria Pontani (ed.): Edizione nazionale dei testi umanistici. Vol 5, Ed. di Storia e Letteratura, Roma 2002, ISBN 88-8498-053-4 ( limited preview on Google Book Search ).
• . Omnium Angeli Politiani operum ( quae quidem extare novimus ) tomus ... - Parrhisiis: Badius, 1519 Digitized edition of the University and State Library Dusseldorf
• Angelo Poliziano's Diary (1477 - 1479): with four hundred farces and purring from the days of Lorenzo the Great Mighty and his ancestors. - Jena. Diederichs, 1929 Digitized edition of the University and State Library Dusseldorf