Latin writings Giovanni della Casa
leaf life of alphonso vi, king of aragon , naples (1416-1458)
his skills in rhetoric , diplomacy instrumental in securing della casa series of posts @ vatican, positions of high esteem @ time. latin writing style on display in letters , political documents, in 2 orations directed republic of venice , carlo v. during stay in venice, wrote treatise quaestio lepidissima: uxor sit ducenda, in questioned value of marriage. wrote biography of bembo, admiring friend’s ability write equally in latin , italian, in prose , verse, rare talents likewise possessed.
his latina monumenta edited piero vettori , published bernardo di giunta (fl. 1518–1550) in florence (1564). vettori gave pride of place carminum liber, vettori included life of caspar contarini, de officiis, , translations thucydides, plato , aristotle. complete edition of works published @ florence in 1707, prefixed life casotti.
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