30-12-2017, 05:45 PM
(29-12-2017, 09:10 AM)ReneZ wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view....
Just a few weeks ago, I received a very interesting tip about this from Michelle Smith. I wanted to write about it earlier, but then other things happened.
One of the early Italian humanists was born as Zomino, but he changed his name to Sozomeno (1387 - 1458). He was born and died in Pistoia, and studied in Padova from 1407-1413. He entered the clergy already at an early age, and met other humanists in Florence (where he knew Poggio).
He did several of the 'usual' humanist things such as composing greek and latin grammars, and commenting on many classical authors. He built up his own library, which he donated to the city of Pistoia in 1423.
Here are some links (all in Italian):
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I find this fact, especially his knowledge of Greek, to be potentially very interesting. If his Greek grammar still exists I would like to know more about it.