Girolamo Avanzi

Girolamo Avanzi (Latinized Hieronymus Avantius or Hieronymus Avancius ) (* 15th century in Verona ; † early 16th century ) was an Italian humanist .

Avanzi was a professor of philosophy in Padua . Otherwise little is known about him. Numerous text-critical editions go to him Latin poet (of Ausonius , of Lucretius , and especially the tragedies of the younger Seneca ) and writer ( editio princeps of letters from 41 to 121 of the tenth book of the letters of the younger Pliny , that the letters to the Emperor Trajan includes ) as well as emendations back to these authors. With this he supported Aldus Manutius in his editorial work.

Fonts (selection)

Emendationes in Catullum et Priapea. Ed. Augustine Moravus , corr. Innocens Ziletus. In it: Letter from Avantius to Moravus, dated October 14, 1493, laudation by Franciscus Aurichalchus by the same, dated May 1, 1493. Johannes Tacuinus de Triduino, Venice 1495.
Ausonii Peonii poetae disertissimi Epigrammata . Johannes Tacuinus de Triduino, Venice 14 Oct. 1496, complete catalog of incandescent prints : GW 03093 ; (Online copy) of the Wolfenbüttel digital library .

Tibullus, Albius: Elegiae . With comm. From Bernardinus Veronensis. On it: Catullus, C. Valerius: Carmina . With comm. From Antonius Parthenius and Palladio Fosco. - propertius, Sextus: Carmina . With comm. From Philippus Beroaldus. With beige. by Hieronymus Salius and Hieronymus Avancius. Johannes Tacuinus de Triduino Venice, May 19, 1500, complete catalog of incunabula : M47037 , incunabula catalog of German libraries , Tübingen University Library : Bibliographical reference .

T. Lucretii Cari de rerum natura libri VI . Aldus Manutius, Venice, December 1500.

C. Plinii Iunioris ad Traianum Epistole 46 nuper reperte cum eiusdem responsis. Johannes Tacuinus de Triduino, Venice 1502, (online copy) of the Wolfenbüttel digital library . - (Editio princeps of letters 41–121 of the tenth book of the letters of Pliny)

Ausonius per Hieronymum Avantium Veronensem ar. doc. emendatus. Joannes Tacuinus de Tridino, Venice 1507, (online copy) from Google Books .

Emendationes Tragoediarum Senecae per Hieronymum Avantium Veronensem artium doctorem. Johannes Tacuinus de Triduino, Venice 1507, (online copy) of the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek .

L. Annei Seneca, Tragoedia sexta, quae Troas inscribitur, ex Avantii annotationibus castigatissime impressa. Per Hieronymum Vietorem & Joannem Singrenium, Viennae Pannoniae, May 25, 1513, ( VD16 S 5820 ).

Scenecae [sic] Tragoediae . In aedibus Aldi et Andreae Soceri, Venice October 1517.

Hercules Furens Tragoedia Senecae festiuißima. Johann Knobloch the Elder, Strasbourg October 1521, (VD16 S 5791).

L. Annei Senecae Cordubensis Tragoediae X. Henricus Petrus, Basel 1529, (VD16 S 5815).

L. Annei Senecae Cordubensis Tragoediae X. Accesserunt ex peruetusto exemplari argumenta, uel potius commentaria. Henricus Petrus, Basel 1550, (VD16 S 5816).

L. Annei Senecae Cordubensis Tragoediae X. Accesserunt ex peruetusto exemplari argumenta, quae omnium Actuum dispositionem indicant. Henricus Petrus, Basel 1563, (VD16 S 5817).

L. Annei Senecae Cordubensis Tragoediae . Editae emendatiores studio Georgii Fabricii Chemnicensis. Ernst Vögelin, Leipzig 1566, (VD16 S 5818).

De Senecae carminum generibus. 1566.

literature

Archivio Biografico Italiano I 83, 108-111.
Alan Edward Coates (Ed.): A Catalog of Books Printed in the Fifteenth Century Now in the Bodleian Library, Oxford. Vol. 1: Blockbooks, woodcut and metalcut single sheets, A. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2005, p. 350, Avantius, Hieronymus .

Web links

Literature by and about Girolamo Avanzi in the SUDOC catalog (Association of French University Libraries)
Consortium of European Research Libraries : Avancius, Hieronymus (1493 -)
Complete catalog of the incontinence prints : Avantius, Hieronymus

Individual evidence

↑ Martin Schanz : History of Roman literature up to the legislative work of Emperor Justinian , Part 2: Roman literature in the time of the monarchy up to Hadrian. 4th, revised edition, CH Beck, Munich 1935, p. 666, (online) .
↑ In a letter translated here to the Venetian Marinus Sannutus, the Aldus Manutius of his edition: Catullus, Tibullus, propertius. Venice: Aldus Manutius, January 1502, praises the efforts of Girolamo Avanzi to criticize the text of the Catullus text.
^ See Alan Edward Coates (Ed.): A Catalog of Books Printed in the Fifteenth Century Now in the Bodleian Library, Oxford. Vol. 1: Blockbooks, woodcut and metalcut single sheets, A. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2005, p. 350, Avantius, Hieronymus ; the often given year of birth 1493 can therefore hardly apply.

personal data
SURNAME	Avanzi, Girolamo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Avantius, Hieronymus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Italian humanist
DATE OF BIRTH	15th century
PLACE OF BIRTH	Verona
DATE OF DEATH	16th Century

[1] Martin Schanz : History of Roman literature up to the legislative work of Emperor Justinian , Part 2: Roman literature in the time of the monarchy up to Hadrian. 4th, revised edition, CH Beck, Munich 1935, p. 666, (online) .

[2] In a letter translated here to the Venetian Marinus Sannutus, the Aldus Manutius of his edition: Catullus, Tibullus, propertius. Venice: Aldus Manutius, January 1502, praises the efforts of Girolamo Avanzi to criticize the text of the Catullus text.

[3] See Alan Edward Coates (Ed.): A Catalog of Books Printed in the Fifteenth Century Now in the Bodleian Library, Oxford. Vol. 1: Blockbooks, woodcut and metalcut single sheets, A. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2005, p. 350, Avantius, Hieronymus ; the often given year of birth 1493 can therefore hardly apply.