Orazio Toscanella Explained

Orazio Toscanella (1510-1580) was an Italian philologist, translator of Latin classics into Italian, active during the Renaissance mainly in the city of Venice.

Biography

He was born in Toscanella and died in Venice. He was the author of grammar treatises, and a Latin-Italian dictionary. He was a member of the Accademia dei Pastori Fratteggiani of Fratta Polesine.[1] This was a literary society, or salon, founded in 1555 by the patron Lucrezia Gonzaga and meeting in the Palazzo Manfrone. Among its members was Lodovico Domenichi and Girolamo Ruscelli.

He was generally indigent during his life, mainly supporting himself as a tutor in the classics.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. https://journals.openedition.org/italique/438 Sorgi Homer, vien Petrarca, esci Marone. I corrispondenti in versi di Luigi Groto.
  2. https://books.google.com/books?id=hg5BAQAAMAAJ Dizionario biografico universale
  3. https://books.google.com/books?id=6RY8AAAAcAAJ Motti, Facetie, Argutie, burle, e altre piacevolezze.
  4. http://capitolare.fcssolutions.it/opac_css/index.php?lvl=author_see&id=2575 Biblioteca Capitolare di Verona.