ANGELO See also:

• ANGELO MAI (1782—1854)

MAI (1782—1854)  , See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian See also:

• CARDINAL (Lat. cardinalis)

cardinal and philologist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born of humble parents at Schilpario in the See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province of See also:

• BERGAMO
• BERGAMO (anc. Bergomum)

Bergamo, See also:

• LOMBARDY

Lombardy, on the 7th of See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1782 . In 1799 he entered the Society of Jesus, and in 1804 he became a teacher of See also:

• CLASSICS

classics in the See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

college of See also:

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

Naples . After completing his studies at the Collegium Romanum, he lived for some 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 at See also:

• ORVIETO (anc. Volsinii (q.v.)

Orvieto, where he was engaged in teaching and palaeographical studies . The See also:

• POLITICAL

political events of 18o8 necessitated his withdrawal from See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome (to which he had meanwhile returned) to See also:

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

Milan, where in 1813 he was made custodian of the Ambrosian library . He now threw himself with characteristic See also:

• ENERGY (from the Gr. ivipyela; iv, in, ipyov, work)

energy and zeal into the task of examining the numerous See also:

• MSS

MSS. committed to his See also:

• CHARGE
• CHARGE (through the Fr. from the Late Lat. carricare, to load in a carrus or wagon; cf. " cargo ")

charge, and in the course of the next six years was able to restore to the See also:

• WORLD

world a considerable number of See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long-lost See also:

• WORKS

works . Having withdrawn from the Society of Jesus, he was invited to Rome in 1819 as See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief keeper of the Vatican library . In 1833 he was transferred to the 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 of secretary of the See also:

• CONGREGATION (Lat. congregatio, a gathering together, from cum, with, grex, gregis, a flock, herd)

congregation of the Propaganda; on the 12th of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1838 he was raised to the dignity of cardinal . He died at Castelgandolfo, near Albano, on the 8th of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1854 . It is on his skill as a reader of palimpsests that See also:

• MAI, ANGELO (1782—1854)

Mai's fame chiefly rests . To the See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period of his See also:

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

residence at Milan belong: Fragments of See also:

• CICERO

Cicero's See also:

• PRO

Pro Scauro, Pro Tullio, Pro Flacco, In Clodium et Curionem, De aere alieno Milonis, De rege (Alexandrino (1814); M . See also:

• CORN (a common Teutonic word; cf. Lat. granum, seed, grain)
• CORN (fromm Lat. corms, horn)

Corn . Frontonis See also:

• OPERA (Italian for " work ")

opera inedita, cum epistolic See also:

• ITEM (a Latin adverb meaning " also," " likewise ")

item ineditis, Antonini Pii, Marci Aurelii, Lucii Veri et See also:

• APPIANI, ANDREA (1754-1817)

Appiani (1815; new ed., 1823, with mor 2 than See also:

• LOO (formerly called " Lanterloo," Fr. lanturlu, the refrain of a popular 17th-century song)

loo additional letters found in the Vatican library); portions of eight speeches of See also:

• QUINTUS

Quintus Aurelius See also:

• SYMMACHUS

Symmachus; fragments of See also:

• PLAUTUS, TITUS MACCIUS (originally perhaps MACCUS; cf. Asin. Prol. 11)

Plautus; the oration of See also:

• ISAEUS (c.42o B.C.-C. 350 B.c.)

Isaeus De hereditate Cleonymi; the last nine books of the Antiquities of See also:

• DIONYSIUS
• DIONYSIUS (c. 432–367 B.C.)

Dionysius of See also:

• HALICARNASSUS (mod. Budrum)

Halicarnassus, and a number of other works .

M . Tullii Ciceronis de republica quae.supersunt appeared at Rome in 1822; Scriptorum veterum nova collectio, e vaticanis codicibus edita in 1825—1838; Classici scriptores e vaticanis codicibus editi in 1828—1838; Spicilegium romanum in 1839—1844; and Patrum nova bibliotheca in 1845—1853 . His edition of the celebrated Codex vaticanus, completed in 1838, but not published (ostensiblyon the ground of inaccuracies) till four years after his See also:

• DEATH

death (1858), is the least satisfactory of his labours and was superseded by the edition of Vercellone and Cozza (1868), which itself leaves much to be desired . Although Mai was not as successful in textual See also:

• CRITICISM
• CRITICISM (from the Gr. KpiTrlS, a judge, Kpivew, to decide, to give an authoritative opinion)

criticism as in the decipherment of See also:

• MANUSCRIPTS

manuscripts, he will always be remembered as a laborious and persevering See also:

• PIONEER

pioneer, by whose efforts many See also:

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

ancient writings have been rescued from oblivion . See B . See also:

• PRINA, GIUSEPPE (1768–1814)

Prina, Biografia del cardinale Angelo Mai (Bergamo, 1882), a scientific See also:

• WORK

work, which gives a full and, at the same time, a just appreciation of his work; Cozza-Luzi, Epistolario del card . Angelo Mai (Bergamo, 1883) ; See also:

• LIFE

life by G . Poletto (See also:

• SIENA

Siena, 1887) .