On illustrious men is an unfinished collection of biographies, written in latin, by the 14th century italian author francesco petrarca. Romani imperii exordium proca, rex albanorum, duos filios, numitorem et amulium habuit. The utrecht university library special collections contain many extensive collections of manuscripts, pre1901 printed works, more recent rare and valuable printed works, and maps and nautical charts. Dos homens ilustres jeronimo wikipedia, a enciclopedia livre. Grammatici i 1 grammatica romae ne in usu quidem olim nedum in honore ullo erat, rudi scilicet ac bellicosa etiam tum civitate necdum magnopere liberalibus disciplinis vacante. Printed in spain libro dedicado a dexter, prefecto del pretorio. It is not hard, wrote leonardo bruni, in lamenting the insufficiency of written records from the past. Any one who cares to follow up in english the study of any of the writers mentioned in the lives of illustrious men will find tools therefor. The work consists of a prologue plus 5 chapters, each consisting of a brief biography. However he was famous enough for these and other works to receive two invitations to be crowned poet laureate. Lives of illustrious men this file has been downloaded from.
Matthew, also called levi, apostle and aforetimes publican, composed a gospel of christ at first published in judea in hebrew for the sake of those of the circumcision who believed, but this was. Their authors are jerome, gennadius of marseilles, and isidore of. Hubert cancik and, helmuth schneider, english edition by. These biographies are a set of lives similar in idea to plutarchs parallel lives. You have urged me, dexter, to follow the example of tranquillus in giving a systematic account of ecclesiastical writers, and to do for our writers what he did for the illustrious men of letters among the gentiles, namely, to briefly set before you all those who have published any memorable writing on the holy scriptures, from the time of our lords passion until the fourteenth year of the. Questa pagina e stata modificata per lultima volta il 14 gen 20 alle 14. Milan and naples, 1955, 218227 with a faithful italian translation facing the latin text.
It offers brief biographies of some of the primary figures of the christianity prior ot the year 400. Subjects classical and ancient near eastern studies classical studies ancient history. Petrarca comincio a lavorarvi a partire dallestate del 37, durante il suo soggiorno a valchiusa. Chronica in 3 books, which introduced to the roman reader a greek invention, the universal comparative chronology. Jerome himself is the subject of the final chapter. Literature on the writers mentioned by jerome and gennadius.
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