See also:

• CONSTANTINE

CONSTANTINE See also:

• CONSTANTINE LASCARIS (d. 1493 or 1500)
• LASCARIS, JOANNES [JOHN], or JANUS (c. 1445-1535)

LASCARIS (d. 1493 or 1500)  , See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek See also:

• SCHOLAR, SCHOLARSHIP

scholar and grammarian, one of the promoters of the revival of Greek learning in See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• CONSTANTINOPLE
• CONSTANTINOPLE, COUNCILS OF

Constantinople . He was a member of the See also:

• NOBLE, SIR ANDREW (1832- )

noble Bithynian See also:

• FAMILY

family, which had furnished three emperors of See also:

• NICAEA, COUNCIL OF
• NICAEA, or NICE

Nicaea during the 13th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century . After the fall of Constantinople in 1453, he took See also:

• REFUGE

refuge first in See also:

• CORFU (anc. and mod. Gr. KEpKvpa or Kopiupa, Lat. Corcyra)

Corfu and then in Italy, where See also:

• FRANCESCO
• FRANCESCO, 210

Francesco See also:

• SFORZA
• SFORZA, CATERINA (1463-1509)

Sforza, See also:

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

duke of See also:

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

Milan, appointed him Greek See also:

• TUTOR (Lat. tutor, guardian, tueri, to watch over, protect)

tutor to his daughter . Here was published his Grammatica Graeca, sive compendium octo orationis parlium, remarkable as being the first See also:

• BOOK

book entirely in Greek issued from the See also:

• PRINTING (from Lat. imprimere, O. Fr. empreindre)

printing See also:

• PRESS (through Fr. presse from Lat. pressare, frequentative of premere, to crush, squeeze, press)

press . After leaving Milan, See also:

• LASCARIS, CONSTANTINE (d. 1493 or 1500)
• LASCARIS, JOANNES [JOHN], or JANUS (c. 1445-1535)

Lascaris taught in See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome under the patronage of See also:

• CARDINAL (Lat. cardinalis)

Cardinal See also:

• BESSARION, JOHANNES

Bessarion, and in See also:

• NAPLES
• NAPLES (Ital. Napoli, and Lat. Neapolis)
• NAPLES, KINGDOM OF

Naples, whither he had been summoned by See also:

• FERDINAND
• FERDINAND (1577-1650)
• FERDINAND (COLOGNE)
• FERDINAND (Span. Fernando or Hernando; Ital. Ferdinando or Ferrante; in O. H. Ger. Herinand, i.e. " brave in the host," from O. H. G. Heri, "army," A. S. here, Mod. Ger. Heer, and the Goth. nan]jan, " to dare ")
• FERDINAND, MAXIMILIAN KARL LEOPOLD MARIA

Ferdinand I. to deliver a course of lectures on See also:

• GREECE

Greece . Ultimately, on the invitation of the inhabitants, he settled in See also:

• MESSINA

Messina, See also:

• SICILY (Ital. Sicilia)

Sicily, where he continued to See also:

• TEACH [THATCH OR THACH], EDWARD (d. 1718)

teach publicly until his See also:

• DEATH

death . Among his numerous pupils here was Pietro See also:

• BEMBO, PIETRO (1470—1547)

Bembo . Lascaris bequeathed his library of valuable See also:

• MSS

MSS. to the See also:

• SENATE (Lat. senatus, from root sen-, as in senex, old; the root is the Sanskrit sana, cf. Gr. 'vos; the same element appears in senor, seigneur, seneschal)

senate of Messina; the collection was afterwards carried to See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain and lodged in the Escurial . The Grammatica, which has often been reprinted, is the only See also:

• WORK

work of value produced by Lascaris . Some of his letters are given by J . See also:

• IRIARTE (or YRIARTE) Y OROPESA, TOMAS DE (1750-1791)

Iriarte in the Regiae Bibliothecae Matritensis codices Graeci manuscripli, i . (See also:

• MADRID

Madrid, 1769) .

His name is known to See also:

• MODERN

modern readers in the See also:

• ROMANCE

romance of A . F . See also:

• VILLEMAIN, ABEL FRANCOIS (179o-1867)

Villemain, Lascaris, ou See also:

• LES

les Grecs du quinzieme siecle (1825) . See also J . E . See also:

• SANDYS, FREDERICK (1832-1904)
• SANDYS, GEORGE (1578-1644)
• SANDYS, SIR EDWIN (1561-1629)

Sandys, Hist . Class . Schol., ed . 2, vol. ii . (1908), pp . 76 foll .