Maffeo Vegio

Maffeo Vegio (also latin Mapheus Vegius; * 1407 in Lodi, † 1458 in Rome ) was an Italian poet and author of the humanist Latin.

Vegio studied in Milan and Pavia, and then went to Rome, where he belonged to the papal court under Martin V and Eugene IV. He wrote with Aeneidos Liber XIII a " thirteenth book" as a complement to Virgil's Aeneid ( 1428 originated in Pavia ) and the mythological epics Astyanax and Aureum vellus. Best known for his pedagogical treatise " De educatione liberorum " (1445-1448), in which he combined humanist ideas with Christian ideals. In addition Vegio written books on archeology and etymology.

Works

  • Philalethes. Johannes Regiomontanus, Nuremberg around 1474 -75. ( Digitized )
  • Aureum vellus - The Golden Fleece (1431). Introduction, critical edition and translation of RF sliding and M. Köhler. ( = Bochum antique scientific colloquium, 38 ). WVT, Trier 1998, ISBN 3-88476-325-3
  • The Aeneissupplement of Maffeo Vegio. Eingel. , Published by the manuscripts. , Translated and provided with index of B. Schneider. Acta Humanora, Weinheim, 1985, ISBN 3-527-17536-9
  • Mafei Vegii Laudensis Aeneidos Liber XIII: The thirteenth book of the Aeneid, in: Edith Binder, Gerhard Binder ( ed.): Aeneid. Latin / German ( = Reclam library). Reclam, Stuttgart 2007, ISBN 978-3-15-010668-6, pp. 840-883 ( Preface p 835-839 )
Pope Martin V Pope Eugene IV Integrated Authority File
539119
de