Precetti necessarii

Precetti necessarii

The work is conceived as a series of tree diagrams ('alberi') and short paragraphs which aim at summarising the main rational faculties (grammar, rhetoric, topics, logic, poetics, history). Aristotle is one of the main sources employed by Toscanella, who regularly refers to him, especially when dealing with rhetorical issues. Nonetheless, the renown school master turns to more recent sources as well: among them, the Dutch scholar Cornelius Valerius (to whom Toscanella refers to in the sections devoted to logic) stands out.

1562

Prose

16th c. (second half)

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1567—TOSCANELLA Orazio—Precetti necessarii

1562—TOSCANELLA Orazio—Precetti necessarii