Adalbertus Samaritanus
Adalbertus Samaritanus (also Albertus Samaritanus , Adalbertus von Samaria ; * end of the 11th century in Bologna ; † probably before 1150 there) was the first medieval author to publish a textbook on the Ars dictandi . Apart from his descent from the Samaritani family in Bologna, little is known about his life. His activity as a teacher of rhetoric at a school for citizens who did not belong to the clergy can be set in the first half of the 12th century.
The Praecepta dictaminum were written between 1111 and 1115. In addition to the general instructions for the design of the letter style, which also applies to documents, they contain an appendix with twenty sample letters, including those of Emperor Henry V and Popes Paschal II and Gregory the Great . Adalbertus goes beyond the rhetorical teachings of Alberich von Montecassino , from which he clearly differs but which he often uses.
output
- Franz-Josef Schmale : Adalbertus Samaritanus. Praecepta dictaminum . Weimar 1961 ( MGH sources on the intellectual history of the Middle Ages 3) digitized
literature
- Ovidio Capitani : ADALBERTO di Samaria (Alberto di Samaria, Adalberto Samaritano). In: Alberto M. Ghisalberti (Ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 1: Aaron – Albertucci. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 1960, p. 218.
- Hans Martin Schaller : Adalbertus Samaritanus . In: Lexicon of the Middle Ages (LexMA). Volume 1, Artemis & Winkler, Munich / Zurich 1980, ISBN 3-7608-8901-8 , Sp. 103.
- Franz Josef Worstbrock : Repertory of the Artes dictandi of the Middle Ages Volume 1. Munich 1992, p. 1–6 digitized version of the Bavarian State Library
Web links
- Adalbertus Samaritanus in the repertory "Historical Sources of the German Middle Ages"
Individual evidence
- ^ So in the prologue to the scolares , ed. Schmale, p. 28
- ↑ A circular to princes and cities of Italy in support of his peace efforts, ed. Schmale, pp. 54f., No. 8
- ↑ For example No. 11 (style exercise), 12 (1112) and 15 (1108–1118) in the edition of Schmale. Reference is made to Paschal as Pope elsewhere in the treatise.
- ↑ The text in Schmale p. 65, No. 14 does not come directly from the Pope's register (V, 1), but from Anselm von Lucca
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Adalbertus Samaritanus |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Albertus Samaritanus; Adalbertus of Samaria; Adalberto di Samaria; Alberto di Samaria |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | First author of the Ars dictandi |
| DATE OF BIRTH | between 1050 and 1100 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bologna |
| DATE OF DEATH | 12th Century |