Zanobi Acciaiuoli
Zanobi Acciaiuoli (
25 May 1461—
27 July 1519), a
Florentine of the same family as
Donato Acciaiuoli, and a
Dominican monk, was
Librarian of the Vatican under
Leo X. He joined the Dominican convent on
December 8,
1495. He learned
Greek and
Hebrew towards the latter part of his life, and was appointed in
1518 prefect of the Vatican Library.
Acciaiuoli worked mainly on translating
Ancient Greek texts, including
Olympiodorus on
Ecclesiastes, a treatise of
Eusebius against
Hierocles, and
Theodoret's
Cure of the false Opinions of the Gentiles, and some other pieces. He died at the age of 58 in
Rome.
In addition to his translations, Acciaiuoli also wrote a
panegyric on the city of
Naples; a
Liber de vindicta Dei contra peccatores; and poems.
Acciaiuoli's own copy of his translation of Eusebius is in the Vatican Library. It includes corrections and annotations by him, and is signed on the title page, "F. Zenobii Acciolj".
Translations
*
Eusebius.
In Hieroclem. Dedicated to
Lorenzo de' Medici. First published by Aldus in 1504.
*
Olympiodorus.
In Ecclesiasten. (Henri Estienne, 1512)
*
Theodoret.
De curatione Graecarum affectionum libri duodecim. (Paris, Henri Estienne, July 1519)
*
Theodoret.
De providentia Dei libri X.
Writings
*Acciaiuoli, Zanobi.
Liber de vindicta Dei contra peccatores.
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