Alonso Ortiz

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Alonso Ortiz (* 1445 in Toledo; † May 15, 1507 ) was a Castilian author and canon influenced by the Italian Renaissance humanism .

Live and act

Alonso Ortiz stated that he came from an early Christian family. His brothers Francisco Ortiz and Nicolás Ortiz were canons.

education

He studied theology and law at the University of Salamanca . He graduated with a doctorate in both rights , but never worked as a lawyer. During a stay in Rome from 1473 to 1478 he came into personal contact with the most outstanding Italian humanists. He had extensive knowledge of ancient Greek , Latin , Hebrew and also Arabic .

Professional activities

In 1467, when he was a young baccalaureus of law, he was appointed parish priest of Nombela, a rural community near Toledo. The office, which he retained until his death, he had a deputy perform. He also held the parish office in the parish of Pelahustán, a town near Nombleda, until the end of his life. He personally performed his duties as chaplain at the "Capilla de los Reyes Nuevos" in the Cathedral of Toledo. From 1478 he was a canon in the cathedral chapter of the Cathedral of Toledo . As chaplain to the Castilian royal couple Isabella and Ferdinand , he enjoyed their trust. He dedicated some of his work to them.

Missal and breviary for the Mozarabic Rite

In the Archdiocese of Toledo, the Mozarabic rite has been practiced in six communities since the 11th century . These churches had become less and less important as time went on. The measurement books and books of hours used there were partly incomplete and differed greatly from one another. On behalf of the Archbishop of Toledo, Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros , Alonso Ortiz sifted through the existing material and tried to reconstruct the original version of the manuscripts. The result of his work were the Missal mixtum secundum regulam beati Isidori, dictum mozarabes, printed in 1500 , and the Breviarium secundum regulam beati Hysidori published in 1502 . Both works were printed in folio format at the expense of Archbishop Cisneros .

Alonso Ortiz owned the best library in Toledo of his time. It contained 998 volumes, in addition to a large number of manuscripts, a whole series of incunabula . He bequeathed it to the University of Salamanca. Many books with his autograph are still preserved there today.

Works (selection)

A page from Los Tratados del Doctor Alonso Ortiz (1493).
  • Tratado de la Herida del Rey
  • Tratado consolatorio a la princesa de Portugal, sobre fortuna y bienaventuranza
  • Oración a los reyes en latín y en romance
  • Dos cartas mensajeras a los reyes
  • Tratado de la carta contra el protonotario de Lucena , en que defiende la Inquisición y ataca a este author.
  • Tratado sobre la educación del príncipe don Juan , escrito en latín, la reina Isabel la Católica, de la que fue capellán, dialoga con un cardenal.
  • Tratado del Fallcimiento del Príncipe Don Juan
  • Oración Consolatoria a los Reyes Católicos

literature

  • Carlos Alvar, José M. Lucía Megías: Repertorio de traductores del siglo XV: Segunda veintena . In: Fermín Sierra Martínez (ed.): Literatura y transgresión. En homenaje al profesor Manuel Ferrer Chivite . Rodopi, Amsterdam 2004, ISBN 90-420-1158-0 , pp. 89-113 (Spanish).
  • Ramón Gonzálvez Ruiz: Cisneros y la reforma del rito hispano-mozárabe . In: Anal toledanos . No. 40 , 2004, ISSN  0538-1983 , p. 165–207 (Spanish, [6] [accessed February 16, 2020]).

Web links

  • Ángel Fernández Collado: Alonso Ortiz. Real Academia de la Historia, 2018, accessed February 25, 2000 (Spanish).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ramón Gonzálvez Ruiz: Cisneros y la reforma del rito hispano-mozárabe . In: Anal toledanos . No. 40 , 2004, ISSN  0538-1983 , p. 182 (Spanish, [1] [accessed February 16, 2020]).
  2. ↑ Ramón Gonzálvez Ruiz: Cisneros y la reforma del rito hispano-mozárabe . In: Anal toledanos . No. 40 , 2004, ISSN  0538-1983 , p. 188 (Spanish, [2] [accessed February 16, 2020]).
  3. ^ A b Pablo García Castillo: Los nuevos tratados de educación - el Liber de educatione de Alonso de Ortiz. El humanismo salmantino de los siglos XV-XVI . In: Cirilo Flórez Miguel, Maximiliano Hernández Marcos, Roberto Albaren Albaren (eds.): La primera Escuela de Salamanca (1406–1516) . Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca 2012, ISBN 978-84-9012-146-7 , pp. 38 (Spanish).
  4. ↑ Ramón Gonzálvez Ruiz: Cisneros y la reforma del rito hispano-mozárabe . In: Anal toledanos . No. 40 , 2004, ISSN  0538-1983 , p. 183 (Spanish, [3] [accessed February 16, 2020]).
  5. ↑ Ramón Gonzálvez Ruiz: Las bulas de la Catedral de Toledo y la imprenta incunable castellana . In: Toletum: Boletín de la Real Academia de Bellas Artes y Ciencias Históricas de Toledo . No. 18 , 1985, ISSN  0210-6310 , pp. 25 (Spanish, [4] [accessed July 16, 2020]).
  6. ↑ a b Ángel Fernández Collado: Alonso Ortiz. Real Academia de la Historia, 2018, accessed February 25, 2000 (Spanish).
  7. ↑ Alfonso Ortiz: Missal mixtum secundum regulam beati Isidori, dictum mozarabes . Pedro Hagenbach, Toledo 1500 (Latin, [5] [accessed January 16, 2020]).
  8. ^ Alfonso Ortiz: Breviarium secundum regulam beati Hysidori . Pedro Hagenbach, Toledo 1502 (Latin, univ-tours.fr [accessed August 15, 2020]).
personal data
SURNAME Ortiz, Alonso
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Castilian humanist and author
DATE OF BIRTH 1445
PLACE OF BIRTH Toledo
DATE OF DEATH May 15, 1507