Petrus Nannius
Petrus Nannius | |
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| Pieter Nanninck | |
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| Born | 1496 Alkmaar |
| Died | 1557 Leuven |
| Occupation(s) | Humanist, Teacher |
| Title | Rector of the Collegium Trilingue |
| Predecessor | Conrad Goclenius |
| Successor | Cornelius Valerius |
Petrus Nannius (also Pieter Nanninck, b. 1496, Alkmaar - d. 1557) was a Dutch poet, accomplished Latin scholar and humanist of the 16th century.[1] A contemporary of Desiderius Erasmus, he was born in Alkmaar and was an important figure in the humanism of the time, having provided a foundation with his teaching for the later flowering of humanism in the region.[2]
We first hear of Nannius teaching in Gouda, South Holland. His appointment here is considered a turning point in the humanism of Gouda, in that the humanistic spirit was being found less inside monasteries, and more in public, secular life.[3] In 1539, Nannius succeeded Conrad Goclenius as Latin teacher at the Collegium Trilingue,[1] where he taught renowned intellectuals of the age such as Jacques De Crucque. Nannius was described by Flemish humanist Justus Lipsius as the first person to introduce a love of letters in the Collegium Trilingue.[4] Nannius served in this capacity from 1539 to his death in 1557.[5]
Works
Nannius was also a writer who wrote a commentary on the Ars Poetica of Horace, and saw in it many similarities to Menippean satire.[6] He translated the works of many Greek authors, including Aeschines, Plutarch, and Athanasius.[7] He also produced ten books of critical and explanatory Miscellanea, and commentaries on the Eclogues and Georgics of Virgil.[4]
Bibliography
- Commentary on Ars Poetica
- Diologismi heroinarum
- Vinctus (1522)
- Dream orations
- Somnium, sive Paralipomena Virgilii: Res Inferae a Poeta relictae
- Somnium alterum In lib. Il Lucretii Praefatio
Notes
- ^ a b Bietenholz, Peter G.; Deutscher, Thomas Brian, eds. (2003). Contemporaries of Erasmus: A Biographical Register of the Renaissance and Reformation. Vol. 1–3. University of Toronto Press. p. 93. ISBN 9780802085771. Retrieved 2016-05-27.
- ^ MacKay, Angus; Goodman, Anthony, eds. (1990). The Impact of Humanism on Western Europe. Addison-Wesley Longman, Limited. pp. 149. ISBN 9780582052819. Retrieved 2016-05-28.
- ^ Goudriaan, Koen (2004). "The Gouda Circle of Humanists". In De Ridder-Symoens, Hilde; Goudriaan, Koen; Van Moolenbroek, J. J.; Tervoort, Ad (eds.). Education and learning in the Netherlands, 1400-1600: essays in honour of Hilde de Ridder-Symoens. Brill's studies in intellectual history. Vol. 123. Brill Publishers. p. 156. ISBN 9789004136441. Retrieved 2016-05-28.
- ^ a b Sandys, John Edwin (1908). From the revival of learning to the end of the eighteenth century (in Italy, France, England, and the Netherlands). A History of Classical Scholarship. Vol. 2. At the University Press. pp. 215–216. Retrieved 2016-05-28.
- ^ Sandys, John Edwin (2011). From the Revival of Learning to the End of the Eighteenth Century in Italy, France, England and the Netherlands. A History of Classical Scholarship. Vol. 2. Cambridge University Press. p. 215. ISBN 9781108027090. Retrieved 2016-05-27.
- ^ de Smet, Ingrid A. R. (1996). Menippean Satire and the Republic of Letters, 1581-1655. Travaux du Grand Siècle. Librairie Droz. pp. 33–34. ISBN 9782600001472. ISSN 1420-7699. Retrieved 2016-05-27.
- ^ Landfester, Manfred; Cancik, Hubert; Schneider, Helmuth, eds. (2008). Brill's New Pauly: Encyclopaedia of the Ancient World. Vol. 18. Brill Publishers. p. 751. ISBN 9789004142237 https://books.google.com/books?id=GTIZAQAAIAAJ. Retrieved 2016-05-27.
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