Andreas Johannes Laskaris

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Janos Laskaris

Andreas Johannes Laskaris (* 1445 in Constantinople ; † December 7, 1534 in Rome ), also Janos Laskaris ( Ἰᾶνος Λάσκαρις ), Giano Lascaris or Andrea Giovanni Lascari , was a Greek explorer and humanist .

Life

Laskaris comes from the Byzantine imperial family of the Laskarids . Andreas Johannes Laskaris grew up in the Peloponnese . He emigrated to Italy, where he was first in Padua studied and then in Rome Accademia Romana of Pomponio Leto belonged. He later became a teacher and taught Pierio Valeriano , among others .

The Florentine Lorenzo de 'Medici tried to build his library and Laskaris advocated it with the Ottoman Sultan Bayezid II . From 1491 to 1492 he undertook research trips to Greece and the Levant for the library of the Medici . He traveled to Corfu, Arta, Thessaloniki, Crete and the Peloponnese, among others. In the monasteries of Athos and in Constantinople he acquired codices; including the only commentary by Proclus on the Republic of Plato.

In 1495 he went to France, where he played a decisive role in the development of French humanism .

literature

  • Karl Konrad Müller : New messages about Janos Laskaris and the Medical Library . In: Zentralblatt für Bibliothekwesen , vol. 1, 1884, issue 9/10, pp. 334–412.
  • Anna Pontani: Per la biografia, le lettere, i codici, le versioni di Giano Lascaris. In: Dotti bizantini e libri greci nell'Italia del secolo XV. Naples 1992, pp. 425-433.
  • Donatella Coppini: Laskaris, Janos, Byzantine humanist (1445-1534) . In: Lexicon of the Middle Ages (LexMA). Volume 5, Artemis & Winkler, Munich / Zurich 1991, ISBN 3-7608-8905-0 , Sp. 1720 f.
  • Massimo Ceresa:  Lascaris, Giano. In: Mario Caravale (ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 63:  Labroca-Laterza. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 2004.

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personal data
SURNAME Laskaris, Andreas Johannes
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Greek explorer and humanist
DATE OF BIRTH 1445
PLACE OF BIRTH Constantinople
DATE OF DEATH December 7, 1534
Place of death Rome