Hermannus Torrentinus
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Hermannus Torrentinus (1450 – 1520) was a Belgian classicist, scholar, and translator of classical works.
Biography
He was born in 1450 in Zwolle.{{Cite web |title=Hermannus Torrentinus |url=http://www.biografischportaal.nl/persoon/79949279 |access-date=2025-03-31 |website=www.biografischportaal.nl}}
He died in 1520 in Zwolle.
He attended the Latin school in Deventer, Netherlands.{{Cite web |date=2024-12-13 |title=Torrentinus, Hermannus (1450c-1520c) {{!}} Digitaal Wetenschapshistorisch Centrum |url=https://dwc.knaw.nl/torrentinus-hermannus-1450c-1520c/ |access-date=2025-03-31 |language=nl}}
Career
He taught rhetoric in Groningen and then became rector of the Latin school in Zwolle.{{Cite web |title=Hermannus Torrentinus - Wie Is Wie In Overijssel |url=https://www.wieiswieinoverijssel.nl/zoekresultaten/p1/213-hermannus-torrentinus |access-date=2025-03-31 |website=www.wieiswieinoverijssel.nl}}
Bibliography
He updated and published many classical works, particulary the Elucidarium.{{Cite web |title=Hermannus Torrentinus (1450?-1520?) |url=https://bp16.bnf.fr/10746074/hermannus_torrentinus/ |access-date=2025-03-31 |website=bp16.bnf.fr}}
He wrote multiple commentaries on classical authors such as Ovid and Virgil.{{Cite web |title=The first dictionary of classical mythology |url=https://www.forumrarebooks.com/item/torrentinus_hermannus__elucidarius_carminu_m_et_historiaru_m_vel_vocabularius_poeticus.html?srsltid=AfmBOopCuumN1lIfnoZqJtOfPgAzEAp9s1m3z42ULsiYWQynjl7BGiLz& |access-date=2025-03-31 |website=www.forumrarebooks.com}}
His commentary on the first part of the Doctrinale by Alexander de Villa Dei was much criticised by conservatives. He therefore wrote an Apologia, which is printed at the end of the third (the oldest known) edition.
See also
References
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External links
- [https://www.lux-et-umbra.com/descriptions/virgil.php Lux & Umbra : fine and rare books.]
- [https://viaf.org/en/viaf/84558400 VIAF]
- [https://referenceworks.brill.com/display/entries/CPO/cp091922.xml?language=en TORRENTINUS, Hermannus]
- [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Elegiae_in_natalem_diem_divae_Virginis_Mariae_(Comm-_Hermannus_Torrentinus)_(IA_ned-kbn-all-00002138-001).pdf [Elegiae in natalem diem divae Virginis Mariae (Comm: Hermannus Torrentinus)]]
- [https://dwc.knaw.nl/torrentinus-hermannus-1450c-1520c/ Torrentinus, Hermannus (1450c-1520c) | Digitaal Wetenschapshistorisch Centrum]
- [https://bp16.bnf.fr/10746074/hermannus_torrentinus/ Hermannus Torrentinus (1450?-1520?)]
- [https://opac.kbr.be/LIBRARY/doc/AUTHORITY/14400254 Torrentinus, Hermannus 1450?-1520?]
- [https://www.wieiswieinoverijssel.nl/zoekresultaten/p1/213-hermannus-torrentinus Hermannus Torrentinus - Wie Is Wie In Overijssel]
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