VINCENZO DA See also:

• VINCENZO DA FILICAJA (1642-1707)

FILICAJA (1642-1707)  , See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian poet, sprung from an See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient and See also:

• NOBLE, SIR ANDREW (1832- )

noble See also:

• FAMILY

family of See also:

• FLORENCE
• FLORENCE (Ital. Firenze, Lat. Florentia)

Florence, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in that See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city on the 3oth of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1642 . From an incidental See also:

• NOTICE

notice in one of his letters, stating the amount of See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house See also:

• RENT

rent paid during his childhood, his parents must have been in easy circumstances, and the supposition is confirmed by the fact that he enjoyed all the advantages of a liberal See also:

• EDUCATION

education, first under the See also:

• JESUITS

Jesuits of Florence, and then in the university of See also:

• PISA
• PISA, COUNCIL OF (1409)

Pisa . At Pisa his mind became stored, not only with the results of patient study in various branches of letters, but with the See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• HISTORICAL

historical associations linked with the former See also:

• GLORY (through the O. Fr. glorie, modern gloire, from Lat. gloria, cognate with Gr. KXebs, abets)

glory of the See also:

• PISAN, CHRISTINE DE (1364-c. 1430)

Pisan See also:

• REPUBLIC (Lat. respublica, a commonweal or common-wealth)

republic, and with one remarkable institution of which Pisa was the seat . To the tourist who now visits Pisa the See also:

• BANNERS, FEAST OF (Jap. Nobori-no-Sekku)

banners and emblems of the See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order of St See also:

• STEPHEN
• STEPHEN (1097?-1154)
• STEPHEN (ISTVAN) BATHORY (1533-1586)
• STEPHEN, SIR JAMES (1789-1859)
• STEPHEN, SIR JAMES FITZJAMES, BART
• STEPHEN, SIR LESLIE (1832-1904)

Stephen are See also:

• MERE
• MERE, ADALBERT (1838-1909)

mere See also:

• MATTER

matter of curiosity, but they had a serious significance two See also:

• HUNDRED

hundred years ago to the See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

young Tuscan, who knew that these See also:

• NAVAL

naval crusaders formed the See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

main See also:

• DEFENCE
• DEFENCE (Lat. defendere, to defend)

defence of his See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country and See also:

• COMMERCE
• COMMERCE (Lat. commercium, from, cum, together, and rnerx, merchandise)

commerce against the See also:

• TURKISH

Turkish, Algerine and Tunisian corsairs . After a five years' See also:

• RESIDENCE (Latin residere, to remain behind, to dwell, reside)

residence in Pisa he returned to Florence, where he married See also:

• ANNA
• ANNA (Hindustani ana)
• ANNA, BALDASARRE

Anna, daughter of the senator and See also:

• MARQUIS

marquis Scipione See also:

• CAPPONI, GINO, MARQUIS (1792-1876)
• CAPPONI, PIERO (1447-1496)

Capponi, and withdrew to a small See also:

• VILLA

villa at Figline, not far from the city . Abjuring the thought of See also:

• WRITING
• WRITING (the verbal noun of " to write," O. Eng. writan, to inscribe)

writing amatory See also:

• POETRY

poetry in consequence of the premature See also:

• DEATH

death tion and preparation, when the See also:

• WORLD

world was still amassing and of a young See also:

• LADY (0. Eng. hlaefdige, Mid. Eng. ldfdi, lavedi; the first part of the word is hldf, loaf, bread, as in the corresponding hldford, lord; the second part is usually taken to be from the root dig-, to knead, seen also in " dough "; the sense development fr

lady to whom he had been attached, he occupied cataloguing the fragments rescued from the wrecks of See also:

• GREECE

Greece himself chiefly with See also:

• LITERARY

literary pursuits, above all the See also:

• COMPOSITION
• COMPOSITION (Lat. compositio, from componere, to put together)

composition of and See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome . Men had to receive the very rudiments of culture Italian and Latin poetry . His own literary See also:

• EMINENCE (Lat. eminentia)

eminence, the before they could appreciate its niceties . And in this See also:

• WORK

work of I opportunities enjoyed by him as a member of the celebrated collection and instruction See also:

• FILELFO, FRANCESCO (1398-1481)

Filelfo excelled, passing rapidly from See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

Academy Della Crusca for making known his See also:

• CRITICAL (in alphabetical order of authors)

critical See also:

• TASTE (from Lat. taxare, to touch sharply; tangere, to touch)

taste and See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place to place, stirring up the zeal for learning by the See also:

• PASSION (post-classical Lat. passio, formed from pati, passus, to suffer, endure)

passion classical knowledge, and the social relations within the reach of a of his own enthusiastic temperament, and acting as a See also:

• PIONEER

pioneer I noble Florentine so closely allied with the great house of Capponi, for men like Poliziano and See also:

• ERASMUS, DESIDERIUS (1466–1536)

Erasmus. sufficiently explain the intimate terms on which he stood with All that is See also:

• WORTH
• WORTH, CHARLES FREDERICK (1825-1895)

worth knowing about Filelfo is contained in Carlo de' such eminent men of letters as Magalotti, Menzini, See also:

• GORI

Gori and Redi . Rosmini's admirable Vita di Filelfo (See also:

• MILAN
• MILAN (Ital. Milano, Ger. Mailand, anc. Mediolanum, q.v.)

Milan, 18o8) ; see also W . The last-named, the author of B`_acchus in See also:

• TUSCANY
• TUSCANY (Toscana)

Tuscany, was not only See also:

• ROSCOE, WILLIAM (1753—1831)

Roscoe's See also:

• LIFE

Life of Lorenzo de' See also:

• MEDICI
• MEDICI, GIACOMO (1817-1882)

Medici, Vespasiano's Vile di uomini one of the most brilliant poets of his See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time, and a safe literary illustri, and J . A .

See also:

• SYMONDS, JOHN ADDINGTON (184o-180, English critic and poet, was born at Bristol, on the 5th of October 184o. He was the only son of John Addington Symonds, M.D. (1807—1871)
• SYMONDS, WILLIAM SAMUEL (1818-1887)

Symonds's See also:

• RENAISSANCE, THE

Renaissance in See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy (1877).(J . A . S.) adviser; he was the See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court physician, and his court See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence was adviser; A See also:

• COMPLETE

complete edition of Filelfo's See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek letters (based on the Codex employed with zeal and effect in his friend's favour . See also:

• FILICAJA, VINCENZO DA (1642-1707)

Filicaja's rural seclusion was owing even more to his straitened means than to his rural tastes . If he ceased at length to See also:

• PINE (Lat. Pinus, Gr. srlrur)

pine in obscurity, the See also:

• CHANGE (derived through the Fr. from the Late Lat. cambium, cambiare, to barter; the ultimate derivation is probably from the root which appears in the Gr. «a urmu', to bend)

change was owing not merely to the fact that his poetical See also:

• GENIUS (from Lat. genere, gignere)

genius, fired by the deliverance of See also:

• VIENNA (Ger. Wien; Lat. Vindobona)
• VIENNA, CONGRESS OF (1814-1815)

Vienna from the See also:

• TURKS

Turks in 1683, poured forth the right strains at the right time, but also to the influence of Redi, who not only laid Filicaja's verses before his own See also:

• SOVEREIGN

sovereign, but had them transmitted with the least possible delay to the See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign princes whose noble deeds they sung . The first recompense catne, however, not from those princes, but from See also:

• CHRISTINA (1626–1689)
• CHRISTINA [MARIA CHRISTINA HENRIETTA DESIREE FELICITE RENIERE]

Christina, the ex-See also:

• QUEEN
• QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

queen of See also:

• SWEDEN
• SWEDEN [Sverige]
• SWEDEN, NORWAY AND

Sweden, who, from her circle of savants and courtiers at Rome, spontaneously and generously announced to Filicaja her wish to See also:

• BEAR
• BEAR, BLACK
• BEAR, BROWN
• BEAR, GRIZZLY
• BEAR, ISABELLINE
• BEAR, WHITE

bear the expense of educating his two sons, enhancing her kindness by the delicate See also:

• REQUEST, LETTERS OF

request that it should remain a See also:

• SECRET (Lat. secretum, hidden, concealed)

secret . The See also:

• TIDE (O. Eng. lid, cf. Ger. Zeit, time or season, connected with root of Sanskrit a-diti, endless)

tide of Filicaja's fortunes now turned . The See also:

• GRAND

grand-See also:

• DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

duke of Tuscany, Cosmo III., conferred on him an important See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office, the commissionership of See also:

• OFFICIAL (Late Lat. QJicialis, for class. Lat. apparitor, from officium, office, duty)

official balloting . He was named See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor of See also:

• VOLTERRA (anc. Volaterrae)

Volterra in 1696, where he strenuously exerted himself to raise the See also:

• TONE, THEOBALD WOLFE (1763-1798)

tone of public morality . Both there and at Pisa, where he was subsequently governor in 1700, his popularity was so great that on his removal the inhabitants of both cities petitioned for his recall . He passed the See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close of his life at Florence; the grand-duke raised him to the See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank of senator, and he died in that city on the 24th of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1707 . He was buried in the family vault in the See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church of St See also:

• PETER
• PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
• PETER (PEDRO)
• PETER, EPISTLES OF
• PETER, ST

Peter, and a See also:

• MONUMENT (Lat. monumentum or monumentum; from monere, to advise, bring to mind, remind; the German equivalent is Denkmal)

monument was erected to his memory by his See also:

• SOLE (Solea)

sole surviving son Scipione Filicaja .

In the six celebrated odes inspired by the great victory of Sobieski, Filicaja took a lyrical See also:

• FLIGHT

flight which has placed him at moments on a level with the greatest Italian poets . They are, however, unequal, like all his poetry, reflecting in some passages the native vigour of his genius and purest inspirations of his tastes, whilst in others they are deformed by the affectations of the Seicentisti . When thoroughly natural and spontaneous—as in the two sonnets " Italia, Italia, o to cui feo la sorte " and " Dov' e, Italia, it tuo braccio ? e a the ti serve; " in the verses " Alla beata Vergine," " Al divino amore; " in the See also:

• SONNET (Ital. Sonetto, dim. of Suono, Fr. Sonnet)

sonnet " See also:

• SULLA, LUCIUS CORNELIUS (138–78 B.C.)

Sulla fede nelle disgrazie " —the truth and beauty of thought and See also:

• LANGUAGE (adapted from the Fr. langage, from langue, tongue, Lat. lingua)

language recall the See also:

• VERSE (from Lat. versus, literally a line or furrow drawn by turning the plough, from vertere, and afterwards signifying an arrangement of syllables into feet)

verse of See also:

• PETRARCH (1304-1374)

Petrarch . Besides the poems published in the complete See also:

• VENICE
• VENICE (continued)
• VENICE (Venezia)

Venice edition of 1762, several other pieces appeared for the first time in the small Florence edition brought out by Barbera in 1864 .