Monfasani, John: Nicolaus Scutellius, O.S.A., as Pseudo-Pletho. The Sixteenth-Century Treatise ?Pletho in Aristotelem? and the Scribe Michael Martinus Stella

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Monfasani, John : Nicolaus Scutellius, O.S.A., as Pseudo-Pletho. The Sixteenth-Century Treatise ?Pletho in Aristotelem? and the Scribe Michael Martinus Stella

Olschki, 2005

ISBN 9788822255143

cm. 17 x 24, x-182 pp. Istituto nazionale di studi sul Rinascimento - Quaderni di ?Rinascimento? Questo volume offre due scoperte. La prima ? il trattato del frate agostinano Nicolaus Scutellius (1490-1542) in difesa di Platone contro Aristotele. Meglio conosciuto per le sue traduzioni latine di scritti greci neoplatonici, Scutellius fu stretto collaboratore di Egidio da Viterbo, famoso platonico ed ebraista rinascimentale. La seconda scoperta consiste nella straordinaria carriera del misterioso Michael Martinus Stella, estensore di uno dei due manoscritti esistenti del trattato di Scutellius. The book offers two discoveries. The first is the treatise by the Augustinian friar Nicolaus Scutellius (1490-1542) in defense of Plato against Aristotle. Best known for his Latin translations of Greek Neoplatonic writings, Scutellius was a close collaborator of the celebrated Renaissance Platonist and Hebraist Giles of Viterbo. The second discovery is the extraordinary career of the mysterious Michael Martinus Stella, who was responsible for one of the two extant manuscripts of Scutellius? treatise. Inglese 385 gr. x-182 p.. Libro. Book Condition: nuovo. Binding: Rilegato

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