Hermannus Torrentinus (1450 – 1520) was a Dutch classicist, scholar, and translator of classical works.
Biography
He was born in 1450 in Zwolle.
He died in 1520 in Zwolle.
He attended the Latin school in Deventer, Netherlands.
Career
He taught rhetoric in Groningen and then became rector of the Latin school in Zwolle.
Bibliography
He updated and published many classical works, particularly the Elucidarium.
He wrote multiple commentaries on classical authors such as Ovid and Virgil.
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
Elucidarium Zwolle
References
External links
Lux & Umbra : fine and rare books. VIAF TORRENTINUS, Hermannus [Elegiae in natalem diem divae Virginis Mariae (Comm: Hermannus Torrentinus)] Torrentinus, Hermannus (1450c-1520c) | Digitaal Wetenschapshistorisch Centrum Hermannus Torrentinus (1450?-1520?) Torrentinus, Hermannus 1450?-1520? Hermannus Torrentinus - Wie Is Wie In Overijssel